02-22-2008, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
Why does this crap happen more often in this country than most other countries? Could it be that in this country too many people feel self-righteous, isolated, under severe pressure and/or hopeless with nothing to lose? There's definitely something wrong with too many people in this country.
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I assume you are referring specifically to shootings on college campuses. I can not comment on whether or not school shootings occur more per capita in the US than other countries, However, I can comment on the fact that countries with stricter gun laws usually have a higher crime rate per capita than countries with less gun restrictions. In fact we see this trend in our own country. A case in point is Warsaw, GA (I could be wrong about the town…I will have to find the link), which at some point had fairly high crime per capita for that size town. The city made it mandatory that every head of household own a gun. Since then the city has enjoyed a virtually crime free city.
Case in point, Washington, DC has some of the most restrictive guns laws in the country and also has some of the highest crime rates per capita in the country.
I will leave you with this:
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” (Thomas Jefferson Quoting Cesare Beccaria)
EDIT...It was Kennesaw, GA....
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55288
Last edited by pt145ss; 02-22-2008 at 11:08 AM.
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