>>>>>>>>>>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
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>I am so tired of it and should finally learn to shut up about politics. I will say this: I really dislike the far right in my country. I am seriously thinking of moving to Vancouver or Toronto when the girls are gone. That's August 2011. This is a really really ugly country now. Not the country I grew up in at all.

Remember your man is in. The right is managing a lot of noisy hot air but seems to have nothing constructive to add. I suspect Obamas rating will improve and he will be a two term president.