The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47

Re:The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47 by jQueryIsAwesome on Friday December 21, 2012 @01:31PM (#4953853)

I like to cherry pick data too.

USA is the developed country with more Gunshot deaths per capita http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-...

UK 7 consecutive years with murder rate falls after stronger gun control, UK have more in common with USA than Jamaica or Ireland

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-s...

The percentage of the crimes committed with firearms in USA is way higer than the half of Colombia, a third world country with multiple armed guerrillas for more than 40 years.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47 by edyang on Friday December 21, 2012 @02:15PM (#4954042)

Since the UK's gun ban in 1997, gun crime has gone up 89% in a decade: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223193/Culture-viol...

"The latest Government figures show that the total number of firearm offences in England and Wales has increased from 5,209 in 1998/99 to 9,865 last year - a rise of 89 per cent.

In some parts of the country, the number of offences has increased more than five-fold."

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The 2nd Amendment should protect the Internet, not your AK47 by summerdown2 on Friday December 21, 2012 @02:40PM (#4954160)

Unfortunately the Daily Mail isnt really a news source. Try:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-s...

> In 2010/11, firearms were involved in 11,227 recorded offences in England and Wales, the seventh consecutive annual fall and a decrease of 13 per cent compared with the previous year (when 12,976 offences were recorded).

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI

[ Parent | on HN ]