Reply #9: they are not phoney [View All]

[snrfmaster]

Thats the entire gun-related deaths, including accidents, the murders are just over 11,019. I know, its still a lot.

Click the link below to read about Britains soaring gun crime levels since the ban in 1996.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1056412,00.html

according to the BBC article below

"During the year 2001-2002 offences involving firearms went up by 49% to a total of 2,260 compared to the previous 12 months."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2069400.stm

And to those saying it wont make a difference if I have a gun when the govt becomes tyrannical, look at Iraq, and think about how many thousands of soldiers would refuse to fight inside the US. And think about how different the tactics would need to be in the US. They couldnt indiscriminately blow up buildings, they'd only help a resistance. Guerilla warfare worked in Vietnam and its working in Iraq, don't tell me a small armed populace can't hold off a tyrannical government. Not to mention the fact that there are 250 million guns in the US and only 1.4 million soldiers in the US army. You think they couldnt be defeated? Look at our own revolution too! And think about those Jewish people in the Warsaw ghetto who bravely held off the might of the German army for a month. You would have told them not to bother would you?

And yes, I promote reponsible gun ownership, a sane adult owning a gun is responsible ownership, doesnt matter if its semi-auto or bolt-action. Both can do the same damage. Doesn't matter if one *looks* like a military rifle, an AR-15 fires just as fast as the Mini-14 which isnt classified as an assault rifle.

Personally I don't care what you think, I'm going to protect myself just in case.