Fact is that the US have a freaking problem. When some 20,000 die by guns each year, murder, self inflicted and accidents, then you have a problem.
It happens no where else in the world.
Other countries have banned guns after shootings. Australia introduced strict gun laws after the shootings in 1996 and 2001, and UK did it after the horrible school shooting in Dunblane in 1996. Look at those countries and see what has happened to gun related deaths!
Fact is that it is too easy for people to buy guns here in the US, and way too many should not have them. There are responsible folks out there, who can own guns, but when the US can’t take care of people who needs help, and allow them to buy guns, you are going to have a problem on your hands.
It doesn’t really matter how many gun deaths you have, or if it is in decline. The only fact that matters is that you keep having homicides by guns and the government refuses to do jack-all about it. It is fucked up in so many ways.
But I guess it is more important to focus on trying to illegalize abortion, prevent gay marriages and generally push a fucked up conservative agenda.
Most gun deaths are by suicide. There are higher gun murder rates in other countries per capita.
I agree that there should be background checks and what not before people purchase firearms, but there already are..
There are hundreds of millions of guns in the United States. Pandora's box has already been opened at this point. Taking away guns is not realistic, and doing so will leave them in the hands of people who disregard the law, aka the perpetrators of mass shootings and gang violence (which constitutes a big portion of gun-deaths).
Fact is , if the Jews had a right to guns, the German Nazi regime would have thought twice about knocking in doors and removing the unwanted to seal their fate in the ovens. Wake the fuck up.
Whatever.
Those countries have less 'gun' specific violence, but because people cannot defend themselves, they have more overall violent crime.