Not quite only, but mainly there in the western work yeah. Also, maybe you should compare gun death stats from the last 20 or so years between France and the usa.
Washington DC 's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict gun control, and Indianapolis ' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to the lack of gun control. Dose not matter what you compare it to. If people didn't have guns or if it was hard to abstain a gun, than the murder rate will go down.
Btw the majority of the population supports gun control, just like a majority of the population supported owning slaves.
Dev, theres really no point in you addressing any of my post. I wont be reading them and i wont be responding to them. But to clarify, i have no issues with making gun laws more strict. I do have issue with people who believe that these incidents happen because someone owned/found/stole a gun. People who go on these killing sprees spend a lot of time planning and preparing before they commit the assault. They will find a means to accomplish it. As in substituting guns for home made bombs possibly. I dont know about you but that actually scares me more. Whats happening in the US with these terrible acts is a society problem. They wont stop just cause we get rid of guns. They will just use a different method.
So you're saying that if they hadn't dared to insult someone else's religion, they would still be alive? Maybe they should have apologized to the guy who gunned them down. Maybe we shouldn't offend and Muslims. They might feel the need to shoot your ass in your workplace if you get too defiant.
Actually yes they shouldn't offend someone else's religion deliberately, it's rude. I'm not saying they deserved what they got, but considering the amount of violence and length so extremism from a select and (very small) minority of Muslims, I'm hardly surprised and would say it was stupid. The vast majority of Muslims are ALOT more religious than the vast majority of Christians.
Zeth you calling me an idiot. Now your saying 1.1billion Muslims are gonna shoot us if we offend them. It's like saying all Christians are racist and are here to hang up all blacks.
Therefore they're better people? Also, being religious is cool and all when you're Muslim. But if you bring that Christianity crap into public, you're forcing your views on others.
Emphasis on the might. But please, try to validate your opinion some more. Eventually you'll convince yourself.
Did anyone actually read the comics? Hardly offending. They were being critical towards how some muslims abuse their religion.
I know Muslims who didn't give a two crap about what they where writing on print. But as any religion, some are brainwashed and they become extremist. Just look at ISIS for example. They claim to be Muslims but they are not following the rules of Islam. FYI: And guess who where offended. Answer: Those who abuse there religion.
Don't presume to put words into my mouth. No, they are not better people. Good people are those that obey the law, are kind, courteous and considerate of others regardless of any national / religious affiliations. My point with Muslims being more religious is more religious people are far more likely to become extremists. Christianity is hardly a beacon of morality if you view it's history.
Neither is Islam, if you actually read the Quran. I can understand being kind to people, regardless of their nationality, religion, etc. That's just being kind. You don't have to agree with their views. But there's a difference between being kind, and laying aside your views because a flawed media tells you to, and a flawed government forces you to put up with it.
This coming from you? We live in a country/world, where the media is heavily biased. HEAVILY. Muslims are not all portrayed as evil by the media. Quite the opposite, actually. Try not laughing when you watch CNN people stutter as they try to spit out the fact that ISIS and Terrorist groups like them are Islamic, and that they actively Murder Christians. For as long as possible, the media refused to say that those who were beheaded on the beach were Coptic Christians. Just Egyptians. Random Egyptians. You, are the one who needs to try thinking for yourself, and look beyond what CNN and NPR spoon feed you. This right here, kids like Devouring, are the next generation. Teenagers who form opinions on subjects they know nothing about, because the TV told them to. College kids who form political opinions without properly researching the issue from both sides, instead opting to lap up whatever sounds good to their young minds full of mush. We are doomed. Unless people start properly educating their children on this crap, and not having teachers in Government paid for classes teach what they're told to, then we're doomed, and we're going to get Joe Biden.