You're a moron. The "insurgents" in Iraq don't have anything more advanced than RPGs, and mainly just AK47s, and they're giving the American military fits. The Viet Cong were similarly equipped, and send the Americans home in defeat.

How does the Syrian government (or any other) tell the revolutionaries from the non-revolutionaries? It's not like the freedom fighters wear big signs identifying themselves, or restrict themselves to living in certain regions where they can be conveniently shelled without affecting the rest of the population.

One of the nice things about CCW legislation is that it requires the bearer to attend firearms training, which is usually more about educating the license bearer on applicable laws, but also includes a test to make sure they can actually shoot with a modicum of accuracy. As with anything, a little bit of education goes a long way.

Incorrect. We actually do have the right to lie about firearms, or about anything really. It's called "free speech". Even better, the cops have the right to lie to us so they can arrest us for bogus crime or trumped-up charges. And the government has the right to lie to us about all the BS it's involved in overseas, who's getting paid off by corporations, etc.

The witnesses have all been recanting their testimonies, and Zimmerman has been ordered back to jail.

So I guess it's still OK to carry revolvers or shotguns onto that bus, right?

Wrong. See Mexico.

Mexico has much stronger gun laws than even DC. I don't think I need to elaborate on the violent crime rates there.

Canada, last I heard, actually has a higher gun ownership rate than the USA. However, their guns are mostly long guns, not handguns, which are much harder to get a license for.

As for European countries, Switzerland has low crime, and most males there have a fully-automatic rifle in their home by law. "Shooting festivals" are also extremely popular there. Czech Republic also has a very high rate of gun ownership, with the most popular models being handguns made by Czech-based CZ (surprise suprise), and it also has low crime rates.

Violent crime is a function of culture. Violent cultures have a lot of violent crime; non-violent cultures don't.

No, we can look south. Mexico has very strong gun control laws. An American tourist who gets caught by police there with a round of ammunition accidentally dropped on the floor of his vehicle can expect to stay in jail for 5 years there. How are those gun control laws working out for them? Every time I turn on the news, there's a story about dozens of people being decapitated and hung from bridges there.

The reason European countries don't have huge violent crime problems is because of culture, not gun control laws.

And how exactly do you propose to make people not want to commit violent crime? Put drugs in the water supply?

There's a big difference between home invaders and burglars. Burglars are people who look at your patterns and wait for you to leave your home, and then break in and take your stuff so they can hock it for money. They don't want any violence, that's why they wait until you're gone, and jump out the window to escape if you come home early. Home invaders are people who come intentionally when you're home. That's because they want more than just your valuables, they want to hurt you. It's not hard to figure out when people aren't home and only go in unoccupied houses. Home invaders are extremely dangerous people who want to rape and/or kill you, and shooting them is a very good solution to the problem.

You sound like one of those morons who believes that solving the "poverty problem" will eliminate crime, and you couldn't be more wrong. Sure, you might eliminate the non-violent burglars, who are really just a nuisance, but it won't do anything about people who love to commit violence.

That only works if you can find the person who committed the crime, and successfully prove to a jury that they're the true assailant. Most crimes go unsolved.