OWNING
A GUN SHOULD MAKE YOU SAFER
If only that were true . . .
But statistically, it isn’t. Studies have long since proved that gun
fatalities are much higher among families who own guns than among those who
don’t.
Some years ago, the Los
Angeles Times compared our country to mostly gun-free Great Britain:
(Admittedly, a large population difference means this isn’t an
oranges-to-oranges comparison.) But
still: The same year that guns killed 350 British citizens, Americans lost
30,000+ people to gunshots. Not all were
homicides. But all were caused by bullets.
For the deadliest of reasons—ignorance,
greed, and a quest for power—blame lies partly with the National Rifle Association. Medical statisticians, among others, agree
that their propaganda is built on lies.
So why is America laser-focused on
terrorism? How likely are we to die at
the hands of a foreign terrorist?
Irvine
resident, Victoria Reiser, offers statistics by Business Insider:
“The lifetime odds of being killed in
an assault using a gun are 1 in 358; in
an attack by a foreign-born terrorist, 1 in 45,808; in an attack by a refugee
terrorist, 1 in 46,192,893; and in an attack by an illegal immigrant terrorist,
1 in 138,324,873.”
Thanks to the inherent meanness in
Trump, ICE daily terrorizes and exports people who haven’t yet, and never will
harm us. At the same time, he “buddies-up” to the biggest source of incipient danger—the
NRA. And finally, he spews American vitriol
among Islamic countries who once meant us no evil . . . as though he wants to stir
up hatred and a new willingness to “get even.”
Which brings me to an inevitable conclusion:
The political party that caters to--and
whose members’ candidacies are supported by--the NRA, is the party we should
hold responsible for America’s
lamentable record of death by guns.
I'm surprised you would get political. It is easy to use statistics to prove a point your want to make. I personally hate guns and do believe having one can be a personal danger as well as a possible protection. Having said that, the people who are willing to kill themselves to kill others identify with Islam, and there are thousands, maybe millions. I know there are many peaceful Muslims, and I know a few, but they must speak out loudly against those radicals who have perverted their religion and make the rest of us afraid. One can't tell by looking at someone if they are ISIS or not. Our president, regardless of one's opinion of him, is trying to prevent people coming in who would hurt us by being proactive. Protecting our country should be applauded. We are dealing with an enemy the likes of which we've never seen before. And there are Islamic countries who do mean us harm.
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