[b]I posted those numbers in the first few resposes of the thread... but it didn't fit the reactionary agenda I guess.
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Why respond to something totally irrelevant to the thread. If you understand the demographics of violent crime you understand a young population has an increasing rate of crime and an aging population has violent crime drop. To what proposition do you post those stats? The overwhelming per capita violence in this country is off the scale compared to most civilized nations. I disagree both with Wordslinger, Mr. Markle and yourself. Prohibition does not work. It requires regulation, registration, tax collection, and a clear understanding like alcohol that guns are inherently dangerous and like alcohol we need strict liability standards applied.
We do not want 12 year olds drinking, and we do not want mentally ill felons possessing guns, but if either does drink or kill somebody with a gun, it is not an analysis of Wordslinger trying to blame the negligence of someone, rather it is a strict liability analysis, all the while protecting our second amendment rights to possess guns............this stuff is simple and the gun lobby will squeal, but like MAD and the reaction of the caranage on the roads, the American people are going to recognize the inherent danger of a gun, and stop trying to figure out the behavior of those who use the same. I keep my guns, and pay registration and insurance fees, just like any bar, liquor store, or restaurant pays their license and dram shop insurance. It will never solve the problem, but it will quickly reduce the problem, allow for training criteria as a condition of cheap insurance policies, and allow for victim compensation pools which protect victims and begin assessing true costs for what has been released into the stream of commerce.