Overall we have the largest numbers, however, we also have the greatest gun ownership numbers in the world. We are not the most violent nation in the world as there are other nations that carry that banner.

Near 300 million guns owned by 35% of the population isn’t gun rights, its gun crazy!

…”And while it is true you are 42 times more likely to be murdered by a firearm in the USA as compared to England, what that means in practice is your chance of being murdered by a firearm in the USA is 0.003% as compared to 0.00007% in England.”

But, it’s close to ZERO in places like Singapore, where even simple crimes are severely punished..up to and including death. Funny, but they don’t seem to have the same problems we do with mass firearm shootings of innocent people. Wonder why?

Come to think of it, I have yet to even HEAR of a school shooting from that part of the world like the one up in Connecticut or a mass murder in a public place like the clown who blew innocent people away in that theater in Colorado.

The bottom line here is that ALL countries in the world have their share of nut cases. The key difference is that, in the USA, they’re ARMED TO THE TEETH while being allowed to walk about in public.

It’s bad enough that every small town, upstart gendarme seems to have a radar gun pointed up every orifice of your body these days. But knowing there’s ALSO a bunch of certifiable nut cases out there running loose armed with firearms is becoming increasingly disconcerting.

Indeed, just like all this “war on terror” nonsense has ended up making US citizens feel LESS safe, clearly, the fact that there are now some 270 million guns floating about in private hands in the USA creates EXACTLY the same feelings of insecurity among many of us.

Your statistics to the contrary, I’d still MUCH prefer NOT to be living in the armed camp that the USA has now become!

:eye roll:

FYI Keith, there are 27 countries in the world with higher firearm murder rates than the USA, per capita. Honduras is the leader, with a firearm murder rate 22 times greater than the USA. On average, Latin American and African countries have a firearm murder rate 4 times greater than the USA. And all of those countries have much lower firearm ownership rates, per capita, than the USA.

And while it is true you are 42 times more likely to be murdered by a firearm in the USA as compared to England, what that means in practice is your chance of being murdered by a firearm in the USA is 0.003% as compared to 0.00007% in England.

Don’t let the hysteria get to you.

Lack of healthcare is the cause? How about too much healthcare? Every 5 seconds on television there’s a new drug with horrific side effects that the maker insists I need to see my doctor about. And of course, once those side effects occur, just go see your doctor for a new drug to counteract them, only to introduce more side effects.

Throw in the massive amount of chemicals (the same things drugs are made of – I wonder if THEY have side effects) we consume every day, the unnatural, artificial, nutritient-devoid garbage we shove down our gullets each day and people wonder why others are going off the deep end on a daily basis.

But of course, it wouldn’e be America, v2.0 if we didn’t blame some one else for what is solely our responsibility – through government, education and parenting – to correct.

The REST of the story is that the estimated number of firearms in private hands in the USA is some 270 MILLION (with an “M”).

That’s nearly one firearm for every man woman and child in the country. What’s more, by all accounts, the number of firearms in private hands in the USA is growing ever larger by the day.

Clearly, regardless of what our gormless politicians have to say about the issue, this Genie is ALREADY out of the bottle.

Clearly, with the absolutely massive number of firearms ALREADY in private hands (plus what’s written in our Constitution) NOTHING (short of a complete police state takeover) is going to change the USA from being one of the most violent and crime-filled nations on the planet.

Indeed, about the only thing the rest of us (who DON’T own firearms) can do now is to stay huddled behind the bars on the doors and windows of our homes…and out of the crossfire when we must travel.

So much for “The Land of the Free”.