Why should the US government remove guns, a hobby, passion, and ideological defense for many people, because such a minute amount of people use it wrongfully?

 

Lets do some quick math.

 

The US has a 3.7 person death rate by firearm per 100,000 citizens per year (and dropping) .

 

2/3rds of that is by suicide or accident.

 

The US has a 1.2 person death rate by firearm used in crime per 100,000 citizens per year.

 

The US has 318 million citizens.

 

318,000,000 / 100,000 = 3,180

 

3,180 * 1.2 = 3,816 deaths per year by firearm

 

3,816 / 318,000,000 = 0.000012% chance of being killed by firearm per year.

 

Remove inner city crime (or simply don't live in urban "ghettos") and that percentage becomes almost insignificant (which it sort of already is).

 

So, tell me DragonFury, TJBender, lastonealive. Knowing this, why do you still want to ban guns? Because the media tells you to? Because the government says they are bad? You are statistically MUCH more likely to be run over by a car. Statistically MUCH more likely to fall to your death. To suffocate. To drown. To be burned to death. What should we do? Should we ban cars? Intoxicating chemicals? Showers? Fire?

 

Explain to me your reasoning for increasing gun restrictions knowing that the numbers are so minute and insignificant. What logic could you possibly have?

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