Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoAustralian PM proposes tougher national gun laws after mass shooting in Sydneywww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145external-linkAustralian PM proposes tougher national gun laws after mass shooting in Sydneywww.cbc.caQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-228 days ago I’m sure these new laws will work as well as the last ones. Australia gun deaths: 0.90 per 100,000 people US Gun deaths: 13.7 per 100,000 people. Canada Gun deaths: 0.78 per 100,000 people.
minus-squareAsmodeus_Krang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoAs if gun deaths are the only ones that matter? Now do arsons, stabbings, and bludgeonings. I hear Australia has a real problem with arson.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-228 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate Still significantly lower. But also that’s a weak dodge from your initial failed argument.
minus-squareAsmodeus_Krang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoSo? Violent crime in the US is continually dropping. Why should we predicate our rights based on the lowest common denominator? Are you only as good as the shittiest among you?
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·28 days agoAre you suggesting that gun control laws cause arson? Like, I want to rob some guy but I don’t have a gun, guess I’ll set him on fire?
minus-squareLushed_Lungfish@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoWow, I had no idea we had fewer per capita gun deaths than Australia.
Australia gun deaths: 0.90 per 100,000 people
US Gun deaths: 13.7 per 100,000 people.
Canada Gun deaths: 0.78 per 100,000 people.
As if gun deaths are the only ones that matter? Now do arsons, stabbings, and bludgeonings. I hear Australia has a real problem with arson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Still significantly lower. But also that’s a weak dodge from your initial failed argument.
So? Violent crime in the US is continually dropping. Why should we predicate our rights based on the lowest common denominator? Are you only as good as the shittiest among you?
Are you suggesting that gun control laws cause arson? Like, I want to rob some guy but I don’t have a gun, guess I’ll set him on fire?
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Wow, I had no idea we had fewer per capita gun deaths than Australia.