Hey King, were you perchance a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in the 100 meter slink? I see you've once again slinked away from your anti-gun rhetoric so you can return later to proclaim to be a staunch pro-gunner.
To illustrate that you have many times repeated the total falsehood you wrote about the homicide rate in the U.S. compared to other developed countries, allow me to refresh your memory with this, from your post # 347338 in the "Guns and the Crime Rate" thread from December of 2013:
I get it, absolutely, as a liberal, and have no reason to doubt the figures. What I don't get is your assertion that more guns, particularly concealed, is the reason for less reported crime. That's your notion, not a fact.
Crime is falling in Canada and many other countries with restrictions, practically prohibitions on carry, concealed or otherwise. Check world comparisons of intentional homicides. US leads by wide margins all developed countries.
US is 4.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. Canada, North-South-West Europe and Australasia from 1.0 to 1.6 (Canada). My guess---guess---for the fewer homicides is fewer of "the most concealable types of guns" in public places.
That was a reply to James M. (Jim), who once again took the time to correct King's repeatedly false notions that our gun culture has led to the U.S. being the most violent and murderous developed country in the world... "by wide margins" according to that post King made. This is precisely why I have learned to verify any "facts" King posts here.
Here's Ted Schefelbein also taking the time to once again correct you King.
King,
We've been here, before. The US DOES NOT lead by a wide margin--several "hot spots" in the US do, however. These hot spots have common and explainable features. Corrupt, liberal, local government. Onerous anti-gun policies. Lousy public schools.
Think Detroit, Chicago, Washington D.C, and New Orleans. Remove only those four cities from the statistical data, and re-examine where the US homicide rate is.
Ted was just wasting his time, because you went on many times to repeat the same tired anti-gun propaganda used by anti-gun organizations who have to resort to outright lies to advance their agenda. Aren't you the guy who has repeatedly claimed that you have never told a lie here... a lie being something you know to not be true???
Real Pro-Gunners just don't write stuff like that. Ever! They sure as hell don't repeat it over and over after being confronted with facts from sources like the United Nations, which is hardy a bastion of individual gun rights. Nor do they go on with attempts to LULL U.S. gun owners into complacency about the relentless and ongoing threats to the 2nd Amendment made by the Anti-Gun Liberal Left:
What's sacred about constitutional rights? Why do we go on about it so much? Violation of constitutional rights goes on all the time. They're always before Supreme Courts to arbitrate. Trampling blatantly continues in spite of their rulings to cease and desist. Sure, we hold our constitutions dearly to our ideals but pro- and anti-gun control advocates use them to support opposing positions. Some of us are comforted by references to our constitutions although the evidence shows clearly that societies make of them what they will.
You've repeatedly shown us your personal "opposing position" to the 2nd Amendment, the NRA, semi-auto assault style rifles, concealable guns, large cap magazines, clips, etc. Yet you still claim to be Pro-Gun. Using your logic, I suppose the serial killer Ted Bundy could have called himself pro-woman just because he hadn't strangled his mother.
