why are so many americans such fucking morons when it comes to the simple undeniable truth: more easy guns = more senseless death, not protection
Simple. IT ISN'T TRUE.
How about using (gasp) some FACTS! Hard to believe, but if it were true, you should be able to prove it.
Australia has greatly tightened its gun laws since 1996. Let's look at the great change.
http://www.aic.gov.au/dataTool...
According to this, in 1995, guns accounted for 18.38% of all murders. In 2012, guns accounted for 17.5% of all homicides. Yes, less than one percent drop! WOW! WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
OK. Gun homicides DID go down quite a bit, but so did knife homicides and blunt object homicides. Did Australia ban all knives and clubs? Yes, the police hassle people who carry such things in public, but you can have a bunch of cricket bats and very large knives in your home in Australia.
The homicide rate went down overall, but the proportion of weapon used did not seem to change much as at.. This points to some other cause for the drop in homicide. Some people point to less lead in the environment -- removing lead from gasoline and paint, for example.
So, tell me. Where is your proof?
Oh, and in the US, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
Copy this table into your favorite spreadsheet. Make an X-Y scatter plot of "Gun Ownership" and "Murders." Add a trend line. Look: more guns = less homicide (a weak trend, but it is there). Hey, the District of Columbia has the most murders and the least number of guns (wow, go figure). Delete that row. Look, the trend is still there -- weaker, but still there.
Now, I ask you: where is your proof?