I've done it now....

Submitted by Outraged on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 10:37pm.

I agree with WSB Chris. However, to address your comment Xoff:

 "We began this treatise by comparing the US death toll in Iraq to the firearms death toll in the US -- 150,000 in five years, 59,000 of them by homicide.

 Just for comparison's sake, 33,651 Americans were killed in the Korean War and 58,193 Americans were killed in the Vietnam War."

>For me this comment speaks volumes. In other words, why the discrepancy? What could cause this phenomenon to exist? We are talking about a war zone, and yet LESS people were killed, even though ALL had guns.

So the problem is much more serious I fear, than gun ownership. I haven't researched your numbers, but I'm be inclined to take them at face value, all indications show such would be true. I see a violent society "at large", so what is creating that factor? Herein is where the problem lies.

I'm sorry I don't have the time to discuss this further currently, but I thought I put some "food for thought" out there.

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