audtatious wrote:... I have shown statistics where harsh anti-gun ownership laws have not stopped violent crime and in most cases gun crime has increased by a large margin.

redtop91 wrote:Having a predisposition towards something doesn't mean that you automatically suffer from it. People have genetic predispositions to cancer and diabetes but they don't end up with them. All it means as that exposed to a catalyst for say cancer, their disposition makes it easier to get cancer in that case. All a predisposition to violence means is given the right circumstances they will react with violence faster, and sometimes more irrationally, than someone less disposed. Basically you don't have a gun because you don't plan to use it. Either way you aren't going to convince me to own a gun. I have no need for one and I can't think of any situations where I would be willing to use it. Trying to call my "batting average" weak because I choose not to own a weapon is a such an American, gun owning, my way or the highway viewpoint. Especially since never did I denounce you owning one. I tire of typing that this is my opinion and people not choosing to read it so I won't anymore. I see all of your points and I agree to disagree and end it at that

rn79870 wrote:
I don't know if that's correct Matt. Many countries that have very restrictive gun laws have violent crime rates below that of the US. I don't know if there is a correlation there or not, but on it's face it appears that there may be.