>Even using the unquantifiable metric of "safety", I'm confident saying that this is untrue. Unless you can make a valid argument that Mexico, with it's much stricter gun-control, is safer than the US.
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>Mexico's homicide rate is over double the US despite the nearly 6x higher gun-ownership rate in the US.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/31/mexico-murder-rate/2606229/>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country>
>It's not an excuse it's a fact. Pools don't kill people, people kill people. ;)
I do not think Mexico is a good example for you point of view, from where do you think the Mexican criminals get their guns? (when they are not handed to them by the ATF, that is)
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