tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post1764814764930949674..comments2024-03-19T07:30:55.288-04:00Comments on Curmudgeon: We don't have a gun problem.Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-52609275973876020732013-01-02T04:18:53.536-05:002013-01-02T04:18:53.536-05:00"We have a {XYZ} problem ... We don't hav..."We have a {XYZ} problem ... We don't have a gun problem."<br /><br />Who is "we"? You talk about people in your local area and your state, so if that is "we" then perhaps you're right: "we" don't have a gun problem.<br /><br />However, if "we" is "the USA", then you're wrong. The USA has a gun problem. Compare its statistics on gun-related deaths, both deliberate and accidental, to those of any country that you would normally compare the USA to (UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, ...) and I think the unavoidable conclusion is that the USA has a gun problem. Other countries have problems with alcohol, drugs, idiots, politicians, etc., but they don't have (significant) problems with guns. The USA has too many guns in too many people's hands, and that's all there is to it.<br /><br />Your ideas about state-based solutions sound OK until you consider ease of access to goods in other states. A person's own state laws won't prevent them from acquiring guns and ammunition from another, more permissive, state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-72762159699615013202012-12-30T01:57:11.486-05:002012-12-30T01:57:11.486-05:00Yup.Yup.PeggyUnoreply@blogger.com