Reply #4: No other advanced nation has our weak laws or these dreadful results [View All]

[billbuckhead]

In France they had all those riots and only one person died. In America, the gun lobby thru their republican and DINO lackys in government try to suppress even keeping statistics about gun mayhem.

$100 billion in costs per year and a "unique capacity to terrorize the public" according the Brooking's institute.

"Compared with other developed nations, the United States is unique in its high rates of both gun ownership and murder. Although widespread gun ownership does not have much effect on the overall crime rate, gun use does make criminal violence more lethal and has a unique capacity to terrorize the public. Gun crime accounts for most of the costs of gun violence in the United States, which are on the order of $100 billion per year."

<http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/evaluatinggunpolicy.htm>