Would banning guns really stop gun violence in the USA?

“Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the NRA telling us nothing could have ever been done to prevent this, we call BS,” Emma Gonzales, a student survivor, said in a speech at a February gun control rally that went viral. read more

Of course not. And to the extent that"banning guns" might reduce"gun violence," other forms of violence would make the cure worse than the disease. read more

So I thought that I would do a little research on gun related violence and compare the US (where almost anyone can get a gun) with Great Britain where gun ownership is highly restricted. In 2012 the number of gun related violent crimes per 100,000 was 10.2 or one per every 10,000 people, which based on the current population means that almost 32,000 Americans were gun crime victims. read more

Guns serve no purpose in society. You don't need guns, thousands die a year as a result of them though and a gun ban would lower gang violence. Guns serve no purpose and should be except in special cases such as for police, hunting a shooting ranges, but the amount of gun freedom we get in this country is terrifying. read more