Dave Smith wrote:
> Dave Bugg wrote:
>
>>> That takes a huge leap in logic. Given that the US has five times
>>> the per capita rate of firearms homicides, you have to ask how they
>>> could have saved 20 times as many lives. Gun use (against humans is
>>> not as prevalent here as in the US. By your logic, we should have
>>> had a lot more people murdered.
>>
>> You didn't read the entire post, Dave. I fail to see where the leap
>> in logic exists. BTW, on a per capita basis, do you know which
>> country has the highest level of violent crime?
>>
>
> According to Omelet's post, guns save 20 times more lives than they
> take (in the US).

Yes. At least. I fall into that category, btw. Twice.

> According to the OP, the US has 5 times the rate of
> gun homicides as Canada, where gun play is frowned on.

The OP's numbers seem a bit suspect. I think the OP is lumping multiple
categories together in a helter-skelter fashion.

> If Omelet's
> assertion is correct, Canada should have the higher gun homicide rate
> because people aren't using their guns for self defence.

Not really. Risks to life and limb can come from any number of weapons
(bats, knives, tire irons, panty hose used for strangling rape victims) from
which a gun can provide defense.

--
Dave
What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before
you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan