Gun laws right or wrong...
Well.....obviously something is not working judging by the number of mass shootings be it theatre's schools or malls......
I don't want to "pile" on Sharky. But rather I would like to say I would like to "inform or educate" you.
Are you going to hear about the robbery at Jimmy's Coney island that the bandit made off with $50 in tip money , brandished a butter knife, and did it with only 2 people in the store? Nope, that wont make news.
Will you hear about the drunk lady that ran into a bus stop on Tuesday morning, killing 3 10 years olds, wounding 6 others and ran from the scene? Yes, that will make headlines.
So lets examine the millions of guns in the United States that have lawfully been purchased. The statistics for the amount of guns that have caused violent crime is so little in comparison, somewhere around .03 % compared to how many have not committed violent crime.
But lets examine further to how many firearms have deterred a violent crime from happening, saved numerous innocent lives.... those facts and stats don't make headlines as much, if at all. Mainly because murder sells. If someone didn't die from the incident that who wants to hear about it?
Its called targeted media. Lets make the mass uneducated media see and hear what we want them to believe. How many people DO NOT look up the information blabbed on media networks to see how much is misinformation vs how much is actually true. I would hate to imagine the number would be as high as 95%, but I wouldn't doubt it would be. I am guilty of it as well. I don't research everything, I don't have time. So I don't really believe 100% of what is being said because of it. I know what it takes to make headlines and ratings and know that unless its embellished a little it wont make ratings.
So lets take perspective. Go watch a movie that was made in the 60's, heck lets even jump that up to the 90's. Now go watch a movie made within the last 6 months. I think you will notice exactly what I am saying. The action, or lack of, in the older movies, or the graphics that aren't quite as accurate/beautiful. People will instantly turn off a movie that isn't all action or glamorous. Awesome acting has taken a side line to graphics.
Hence my example. Awesome death numbers take presidency over cute little puppies, when it comes to headline news.
Why can't we have a headline, "Boyscout saves kitten from tree"? Because no one cares, but " Mass Murder with red hair commits chaos with Assault Rifle " well that one people want to hear about.
Its a sad world we live in today that it has come down to media hype and crap like that. Sad indeed.
I can only hope and pray that Australia really is as safe as you think it is.
Here are some tidbits and scary facts about Australia's gun ban effort.
It has now been over 10 years since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own Government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.
The statistics for the years following the ban are now in:
Accidental gun deaths are 300% higher than the pre-1997 ban rate
The assault rate has increased 800% since 1991, and increased 200% since the 1997 gun ban.
Robbery and armed robbery have increase 20% from the pre-97 ban rate.
From immediately after the ban was instituted in 1997 through 2002, the robbery and armed robbery rate was up 200% over the pre-ban rates.
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 171 percent
Let's examine the overall murder rate and the gun murder rate in Australia. Take note both are virtually unchanged and unaffected by the gun ban. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it. While the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns
Some more fun tables to shut liberals up:
ASSAULT
The trend in assaults shows an average growth of five percent each year from 1995 to 2007. The Australians "banned" guns in 1997 as you will recall.
ROBBERY
Oh look how armed robbery increased after the gun ban. Look how robbery increased too. Note that incidence of armed robbery as compared to unarmed robbery never changed after the gun ban. It's almost as if the only affect the gun ban had was to increase the number of people that were robbed (or assaulted).
MURDER
Oh look. after we banned guns in 1997, people murdered by guns decreased by 10%. On the other hand, people murdered by knives increased by 10%. Well, at least you weren't shot to death and thank goodness no criminals were hurt in the commission of their murders. Awesome!
RAPE
Reported sexual assaults have increased by 51 percent since 1995, at an average of four percent each year. Let's not forget about those little Sheilas now. look at that. They're getting raped more often than ever now that the rapists know they're unarmed. How about that.
This is taken from various studies I researched and googled. 
