When I was looking for something on mental health and violence...I won't front on the statistical fact more guns will equal more shooters. Matt, you can't believe we have the same mainstream culture as those other countries. I will admit our modern cultures are very similar. Two things things the American phsyce has that no other national phsyce has...


1. We have an extremley racist culture, mixed with the most diverse population on the planet. Combined with a huge gap in fiscal inequality.

2.  We have the most toxic campaign process ever, in the history of free elections.

Then we throw firearms in to the mix, this is what we end up with. I bet if you look at violent crime stats, that are not directly drug, and gang related. Those numbers spike during election season, the more negative campaigns get. The more gun homicides will rise, along with other violent crime.

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I think Yemen ranks #2 in fire arms death/ gun ownership per capita. This article says #3.

The report of the interior ministry attributed the reasons for the occurrence of such incidents to the spread of weapons in the community, and place them within the reach of children and abusers, as well as ignorance of the dangers of weapons and lack of knowledge of ways to use it and clean it. In a report issued Small Arms Survey Yemen was ranked the third highest country in the world for weapons possession, with 61 weapons per 100 civilians.

http://www.yobserver.com/local-news/10022174.html

I have a hodgepodgery of  points to make. Yemen is most likely not exposed to the same popculture
as the rest of the world.They are also arming themself from westernfactions. The same WF that want to disarm American citizens, or are the same same WF who want to keep the American citizens in arms?

http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=8&ReportId=41050

Is the US Government going to BUY back my guns...

for what I paid for them? I don't fucking think so!!!!

Past what is moral, or right, or patriotic is simply Dollars & Cents. I don't much care about what our wonderful government wants or tries to do about the American culture of guns. The NRA and the Commerce dept have done wonders making the gun manufacturers rich. Just like the election cycles make the mass media industry rich.

The Banks got bailed out, and we paid for it!
GM got bailed out, and we paid for it!
Me and 99% of the populace got royally fucked in the ass, and now "feel-good" or even draconian gun legislation" would fuck us some more.  

Show me $7,500.00 for my three military style semi-auto rifles and respective high capacity magazines and I'll think very seriously about turning them in to the authorities. Otherwise I'll simply wait for a motivated private buyer.