Shoot-out on Poison Spider Trail

[bikeco]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/20/...ex.html?hpt=T2

[Adam West]

Wonder why this shit is so common in the best nation on earth

[heckler]

guns don't kill people.

yeah, right.

[rewoga]

Originally Posted by heckler

guns don't kill people.

yeah, right.

Well, if the Ranger had found a gun, with no one holding it, he probably wouldn't have gotten shot.

That fact that someone was holding the gun and pulled the trigger four times or so while pointing it at the Ranger may have had a little something to do with him getting shot....

But than again, causality has never been one of my strong points...

[enduramil]

It's MEC's fault the gun was there.

[Tracer Tong]

Originally Posted by Adam West

Wonder why this shit is so common in the best nation on earth

Canada has about 33 million citizens (according to 2008 world bank data). The United States have just over 307 million citizens (2009 Census Data).

What I'm getting at here is that if Canada had 300 million people in it this kind of thing would probably happen just as often in Canada.

[KenN]

Originally Posted by Tracer Tong

Canada has about 33 million citizens (according to 2008 world bank data). The United States have just over 307 million citizens (2009 Census Data).

What I'm getting at here is that if Canada had 300 million people in it this kind of thing would probably happen just as often in Canada.

No.


Per capita stats are pretty easy to find.

Kn.

[heckler]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._gun_ownership

Canada: 31 guns/100 people
US of Freedom: 90 guns/100 people

Let's keep it that way.

[heckler]

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...rms-per-capita

OK, off my list of places to go before I die (pun actually wasn't intended)

South Africa
Columbia
Thailand

yikes.

You're almost 6X more likely to get shot in the US than here.

Vacation at home anyone?

[.glib]

Also roughly 3X the murder rate.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...ers-per-capita

[Tracer Tong]

I'm still not worried about my chances of being shot. Looking at the Center for Disease Control website is telling. For people in my age range the causes of death are as follows (in order): accidents, suicide, homicide, "malignant neoplasm", heart disease, AIDS, diabetes and so on.

And regarding the point I made about comparative population sizes and then the per-capita counterpoint; I accept your point as valid. However, I think that when population density increases, so does the bad crap at a rate beyond the simple population increase. Can I prove this? Definitely not.

[tacklebox]

Originally Posted by KIKY

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracer Tong
Canada has about 33 million citizens (according to 2008 world bank data). The United States have just over 307 million citizens (2009 Census Data).

What I'm getting at here is that if Canada had 300 million people in it this kind of thing would probably happen just as often in Canada.

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[nouseforaname]

I`m more interested in cheap replica jerseys than i am in a gun control debate TBH.

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[enduramil]

Originally Posted by heckler

Vacation at home anyone?

As long as said vacation avoids Winnipeg, Keel/Bathurst, Jane/Finch, and Malvern you should be fine.

[enduramil]

Originally Posted by heckler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._gun_ownership

Canada: 31 guns/100 people
US of Freedom: 90 guns/100 people

Let's keep it that way.

That will be based on fire arms that are registered. That will not include fire arms owned by criminals which are not accounted for in that system.

But then again that would require people to stop deluding themselves that gun registration stops crime using fire arms.