So I'm not a liberal puke, but if I was I would say we need to stop gun violence to save lives. Sound about right? Ok so lets just see how many deaths per year we can award to "guns". According to this site https://usafacts.org/data/topics/security-safety/crime-and-justice/firearms/firearm-deaths/ we can attribute 39,707 gun deaths in 2019. This includes everything from homicide, to suicide, to hunting accidents.
Now we know that according to the CDC, suicide is in the top 10 of reasons for death in the US:https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm
We can also see that things like diabetes and heart disease are some of the main causes of death. One thing I don't see in that top 10 is homicide. Even when you tally all homicidal deaths (with or without guns), they don't make the top 10 reasons for death. So why the hard push for gun control? Why aren't there blue haired tranny's protesting and pushing to ban Woka-Cola (or any other soda pop company)?
The answer is simple. This isn't to save lives, as we all know. Its not to make america great or even keep us safe. Its only to enslave us. They're using the liberals because they are weak in mind and in spirit, and respond best to fear. I know I'm kicking a dead horse with you guys reading this, but maybe it will help open the eyes of some of your sleeping friends/family.
History is important to understand. you don't even have to go that far back to find your answer. how many countries enacted gun confiscation laws or just took power and imposed it in the 20th century? now how many of those same countries began a genocidal campaign against their citizens(political opponents) and everyone who opposed them right after confiscations. They are scared shitless of the patriots in this country because we know how to use said guns very well, and if we were to be convicted to have to use those guns these criminals would not have a chance. Remember the 2nd amendment is not about hunting it is about protection from threats and yes tyrannical governments is high on that list of threats.
Some say that was the very reason why the 2A was made.
Yes, such people are called "constitutional scholars"
It is. 2A is last line of defense. The amendment to protect all of the others.
Less than knives Less than cars less than drugs less than booze
yeah I should have ranted about cigarettes and booze as well......
They want your gun because they want to do shit you will shoot them for. It's that simple.
exactly
AMEN Brother!
Fun stats with gun facts.
Guns are mostly used for suicide, accounting for about 2/3rds of the 39k figure above. For the better part of a decade (until clown world) it was tracking at or around 11k-14k. So we are at something like a 0.0001% chance of dying by gun. But it gets better.
A tenth of the homicide relates deaths roughly are cops killing someone.
About 2/3rds of the remainder at least is gang violence related.
When you start to factor out the probabilities that don't apply to most people, the risk of gun death is statistically as low as dying by meteorite strike, or excessive tangerine consumption. Almost everything else on earth is more probable a way for you to meet your maker, from car crash to drug overdose, or even most diseases. I think the flu is mote lethal.
but of course, its guns that are the ultimate evil in society because... Ummm... Uhhhh.... Let me circle back on that
So if I am understanding right, you have a similar chance of dying from COVID as a gun ....
Remember when Bloomberg was mayor of NYC and did try to tax soda?
That is also wrong. The government needs to fuck off a little bit. Adding a tax to every little thing just allows them to steal our money and sail off into the sunset with it.
I'm not advocating to ban soda, cigarettes, booze, or whatever. Just trying to point out that this is in no way an attempt to save lives or make this country better.
The current Government needs to fuck off and die by the hands of the MIL at this rate.
If no guns then you can’t protect yourself from a tyrannical government, right?
I suggest all pedes look up and read the federalist papers. It's a collection of documents/papers/letters written by the founding fathers as they were writing the constitution. They explain specifically why things were written the way they were , their apprehension as to doing the right thing etc...The 2nd amendment was about protecting the people from a tyrannical government.
One counterargument I often hear to this is that "guns are designed only to kill. Everything else you listed is by happenstance. Knives have other functions- to cut food. Booze doesn't hurt anyone but yourself. But guns are a tool made specifically to kill, and they kill far too many people in America. It is unnecessary to allow it. Car deaths are horrible, but cars serve our entire economy. It is not so clear cut to just get rid of those. Guns, getting rid of them would only help."
In response:
Guns save many lives in America. I believe it's actually more than they take, but it's been a while since I looked at the statistic. Of course, these are almost NEVER reported.
Yes, guns are meant to kill. But this goes both ways. While it does aid in psychotic killing sprees, it is also the only way a little old lady could possibly defend herself from a violent attacker or burglar. The police will never arrive on time. The gun is "The Great Equalizer." And it's true.
The founders of this country wrote our constitution based on Natural Rights. To me, it is a strong argument to say that we have a RIGHT to defend ourselves from harm. I don't see how someone can say that we don't have that right. Although it comes with downsides, in the end we must be consistent with rights, or we go down the slippery slope of not having any rights at all. Government tyranny is a real thing that we have been mostly entirely protected from in the USA.
Defending against government takeover. While liberals may scoff at this, I don't. Yes it's true that the government has bombs and planes and tanks, they cannot forget the optics game. If the government was just bombing civilians in the middle of the country, this might cause the entire nation to revolt, even many liberals. The confiscation of our rights happening door-to-door is far more likely. How many American's have guns? There is way more private gun owners than police and military combined. And how many of those would be willing to turn on their fellow citizens? Without guns, this becomes a much easier pill for police and military to swallow. They wouldn't mind going door to door and tyrannizing us, because their personal threat level is much reduced. And they could be talked into it easier. This is psychology.
Great response, thank you.
One note: Booze does hurt more than the user, ask many families. Also, food/drink/consumables that cause major health problems also drives up health costs (IE insurance rates), which affects everyone. Once again, in no way am I saying the government should be saving everyone from themselves, i'm just pointing out the exclusion of guns from everything else that causes life loss to our country.
2nd amendment was there for a darn good reason.