Do you know how many people died in US wars since the Revolutionary War? It is around 1.4 million. That is fewer than Americans killed by guns in the last 45 years. Including accidents, murders, and suicides more than 1.5 million lives have been lost to guns since 1975.
A gun is not inherently bad. They become bad when used improperly or in emotional settings. Guns for hunting are generally safe in the hands of experienced users and when locked up away from children when not in use. The same is true of handguns used for target practice. Automatic rifles like those used by mass murderers belong only in the hands of the military.
I’m not a gun expert, but I know guns kill about 80 children under four years of age annually and that is more than police officers killed in the line of duty. Those statistics don’t require an expert.
The United States has to do better. We have more guns (~400 million) than people (330 million). It is not about CONTROL. It is about the SAFETY of innocent people.
Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly 
Three cheers! But good luck with that. The NRA is a powerful lobby.
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Yes, the NRA owns too many lawmakers.
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Amen!!!
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Guys with big guns have small penises. (It’s their way of dealing with the rotten card hand that life gave them.) 🙂
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No doubt!
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Gee Tom, you sure have seen an awful lot of penises in your life!
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That opening statistic is frightening and also fascinating. I have recently been debating with a pro-gun advocate about how the total sum of people killed by their own governments is far greater than the number of people murdered by guns. I don’t doubt that’s true, but then again, as you pointed out, the number of Americans killed in war is less than the number dead due to guns?! That’s pretty scary, and often ignored.
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Thank you for your thoughts on this serious issue.
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