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Gun Control Reform Activism

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billh58

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Mon Jul 25, 2016, 10:53 AM Jul 2016

The One Question I Want All Gun Nuts to Answer [View all]

Right now there’s roughly 300 million guns in the United States. Considering our population is only around 314 million, that’s nearly one gun for every man, woman and child in this country.

So, my question to gun nuts is simple, “How many guns is enough to keep us safe?”

To answer that question one must ignore the simple math that tells us that the more guns we allow to flow into our neighborhoods, the more gun violence we see.

But these gun nuts constantly claim we need “more guns” to make us safe. Well, what’s the magic number then? Because we’re damn near at a 1:1 ratio for American citizens and guns, and that sure as hell doesn’t seem to be decreasing gun violence.

400 million? 500 million? A billion?

How many guns will it take to decrease gun violence in the United States?

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/one-question-want-gun-nuts-answer/


How many guns will it take before “good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns?” Because what reality tells us is that more guns actually lead to more violence – not less.


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