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>>david9+(OP)
I have become something of a statist over the years and I apparently annoy a whole lot of people, when I argue for not upsetting the status quo much further. Needless to say, this obviously is not a good thing if you share that perspective with me. This is actual political violence. And it has little to do with guns. If someone really wanted to get to the guy, one would. The issue is further societal deterioration in basic standards.

Let me reiterate. Violence is not the answer for one reason and one reason only. Once it starts and everyone joins, it will be very, very hard to stop.

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>>iugtmk+0e
this has everything to do with guns. the more guns in society the more gun violence there is. is not rocket science

>>ikrenj+uj
Canada and Finland both have a lot of civilian firearms per capita but not a lot of gun violence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_g...

>>indeci+Ll
According to that Wikipedia link there are 1 million registered firearms in the USA and 400 million unregistered firearms. Could somebody explain these numbers, since they seem very odd?

>>carlos+cr
I'm not sure how Wikipedia is distinguishing them but for the most part firearms do not have to be registered in the United States. Some states require firearms to be registered but most do not. Unregistered firearms can nonetheless be counted because they are inventoried and sold legally (firearms dealers must be licensed and regulated), even though the end purchaser is not registered anywhere.

Federally, only specific categories like fully-automatic machine guns and short-barreled rifles have to be registered.