>>>>>>>>Guns are bought to kill, cars aren't
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Not necessarily.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I don't hunt. I have a collection of weapons that are fun to shoot (targets).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If needed, they could be used otherwise.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Cars can be used to kill (intentionally or not). Cars are involved 10s of thousands of deaths in the US alone every year. Guns aren't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In 1999, there were 28874 gun-related deaths in the United States - over 80 deaths every day and 41,611 people killed in auto accidents in 1999.
>>>>>>So 10s of thousands is a slight exaggeration
>>>>>
>>>>>If the number is correct, do you understand what the number means?
>>>>>
>>>>>41 x 1000 +611.
>>>>>
>>>>>41 Thousand + 611.
>>>>
>>>>The USA is not alone. I'm sure, considering population sizes for each country, the percentage of deaths would be similar.
>>>
>>>By guns? I bet it isn't.
>>I agree. We have restrictive gun laws here. Hand guns are difficult to own. I wonder if our murder rate is similar to yours?
>
>It surely is not. Nor is Norway's, nor is England's, nor is Germany's, and on and on. We are the only gun nuts on the world stage.

This has been discussed before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland