
Originally Posted by
Yuck Fu
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He could have used a rock or a knife or even a hammer like he did on his granny. But guns are a better "tool" (as KSooner puts it) for wasting people than just about anything this side of giant **** bombs.
The percentage of homicides where guns were the "tool" in the USA stands at 68%. That is compared to 32% for all other methods COMBINED (rocks, knives, cars, hammers, tire irons, bows and arrows, bombs etc).
Guns are the best killing instrument ever invented and they are getting better all the time. If they weren't then you wouldn't be insisting on having them for "protection" and insisting that we need firepower to keep up with the bad guys.
Most gun advocacy arguments are solid but the idea that guns don't make killing more expedient is not.