Ms Tree
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It's ok for you to hijack this thread and turn it into a daily
Gun Homicide Death Panel
A gun cannot kill on the same level as a knife.
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That is a very interesting way to manipulate data to achieve a specific result. Using the logic in your link nearly any weapon is as lethal as a gun. Yes a knife can be as lethal as a gun. How ever as pointed out by your link, which are you more likely to be killed by? According to your link, 6,800 officers dies because of fie arms, and only 197 due to stabbings. In that regard guns are far more lethal than knives. Guns are easier, quicker and can kill far more people in short time than a knife. I am looking at lethality in terms of over all numbers, not individual lethality of the weapon.
Since the Congress woman and the 6 victims were killed by guns and the media is making a circus over this affair I thought it was appropriate to show that people are getting murdered every day and no one seems care.
I do not know what the answer is. Banning all weapons in unrealistic. I do not think automatic weapons have any place in public hands. I would like to see guns treated like cars. You can ave as many as you want but they all need to be registered. You should not be able to buy one with out registering the weapon. The weapon should be brought into an inspection site on a regular basis (like car inspections) to prove that you still own the weapon. When you sell a weapon you should be required to transfer title (just like a car). If the weapon is stolen, you need to declare the gun as stolen. I think this would cut down on guns being sold to people who should not have them with out a paper trail.