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The stats speak for themselves.
Keith Olbermann did a bit on this a while back. Since 9/11 there have been a couple hundred thousand gun deaths in America. They average about 30,000 A YEAR, about 82 people a day. On top of that another 64,000 are injured each year by guns in America, about 176 a day.
In countries where they have laws banning gun ownership (except for hunting related), like the UK, Ireland, and most of Western Europe, they have a few dozen gun deaths a year.
Whats amazing is trillions of dollars are being poured into fighting 'terrorism', while guns in America have killed a hundred times more people than any terrorists have ever be responsible for, and there has been no legislation or funding for stopping those deaths. In fact, since bush took office they have repealed many of the fully auto bans (or let them expire) and introduced legislation to allow more people to carry concealed weapons.
That being said I live in a country where handguns are illegal, and you can count the number of gun related deaths on your hands. Also, the police don't carry guns and yet we still have a lower crime rate than most American townes.
I feel perfectly safe, even more safe than you ever feel walking streets in America.
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