Ownership of Firearms in the Netherlands

[Olle]

Originally Posted by Caferacer

Separating crimes committed with firearms, vs all crimes of violence committed invariably leads to inaccurate conclusions,
While you are more likely to be shot in the US than say England
You are three times more likely to be a victim of violent crime in England than the US
And a person stabbed or beaten to death, is no better off than a person shot to death
And when you factor in a person who has the right to own a firearm for self defence, and chooses to exercise that right, the odds of being a victim of violent crime are nearly non existent,
Even factoring in that a person who chooses to commit an act of violence, who also owns a firearm, will choose to use that firearm to commit said act of violence, the same person without access to a firearm can still commit rape robbery murder or suicide.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics". The rate of shootings was 0% in 1000 BC, and that proves that the lack of guns equals a peaceful society.

In the same fashion, the anti-gun lobby chants "no guns - no shootings", and of course: It would be rather difficult to argue that this is not true. But change that to "no guns - no violence/murders/robberies" etc and you'll find that the statement actually becomes rather ludicrous. You need to be pretty darn naive to believe that gun control is the end all be all solution to the violence in our society, it runs much deeper than that. If there is a will, there is a way, and no gun control measures can change that.