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1.4 Million: Americans who died in all Wars fought since 1776.
I see you have conveniently left out the number of Britons saved in WWI, II with guns.
Guns are obviously here to stay, even in your own country. The Paris Judiciaire carried guns to respond to the attack.
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More guns results in more deaths.
Taking the tack that eliminating guns will result in fewer deaths is naive at best.
Let's look at knives in England:
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Knife crime has increased in England and Wales for the first time in four years, with the number of assaults with blades rising 13%, according to the latest set of police recorded crime figures.
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The increase to 26,370 offences was announced ahead
So by your logic, since knives kill people, all knives should be banned. It is too simplistic a view, ANT. I've provided links for my sources.
May 7, 2013
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National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Beneath the long-term trend, though, are big differences by decade: Violence plunged through the 1990s, but has declined less dramatically since 2000.
Homicide