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[tzechuk]

CNN says that there is another shooting in Houston, Tx. 2 died, including the gunman..

[Natalia]

And yet again we'll hear the Americans chanting, "guns don't kill people, people kill people." And, " if you outlaw guns only outlaws will have guns."

It's never ending. I just don't care anymore.

Until Americans wake up and realise they are the only so-called 'civilised' country in the world with a major gun problem - BECAUSE they have such stupid attitudes towards them - nothing is going to change. They are idiots plain and simple.

[Toon Army]

They'll tie this to Iraq somehow, maybe it was NASA Hussain

[gang ah jee]

Not to lessen the tragedy of the hostage that was killed, but aren't there something like 11,000+ firearms homicides in the US every year? We can't have new threads for all of them.

[xtchr]

[Adventurer]

[demi]

[thepeel]

[Gopher]

People really need to get out and see the world a little bit more.

To all of you harsh critics: what are your thoughts on the frequency and indeed extremity of what has become institutionalized, everyday violence in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, to cite but three Latin American and Caribbean examples -- particularly in Sao Paolo, Rio, and Recife, where, in some places, the state projects no power at all and indeed the police do not even go there because they are outgunned...?

Everytime something negative occurs in America, that takes something from America's worst, you seize on it and scream at us that this illuminates how America is in its entirety.

Your antiAmericanism is transparent. And it is unfortunate that so many seem to take so much perverse pleasure from celebrating America's faults and shortcomings.

[Adventurer]

Well, many Canadians have hunting guns, and you don't have as many shootings. So it is simple to say it is just the guns. I personally don't see why people need semi-automatic weapons. I understand the concept of the right to bare arms, but one is not allowed to legally automate a semi-automic weapon and make it a machine gun. Some could say the government is infringing on their rights by not allowing them to have machine guns. Guns were meant to protect the republic and not commit treason by killing fellow citizens of the republic. America had less violence when it was more conservative. Too many individuals are disconnected from any real meaning in their lives and then take their own and that of their family. Someone mentioned Brazil. Brazil is extremely bad. The question is how to address the problem without just simply looking at guns. I am for more background checks, not allowing those with several misdemeanors related to alcohol, non-citizens, and people with mental problems. Keep the guns from those who have serious problems and look at what is pushing many men to act in this destructive way. Their lives are also important.

[jinju]

[freethought]

[Gopher]

[freethought]

I'm not insulting those countries. Get a grip. If you think you can legitimately compare AMERICA with Mexico, then by all means, go right ahead, but to pretend they compare to the US in development and quality of life either means you're crazy or stupid. let's look at GDP per capita, America is 4th, in the world at based on IMF figured from 2005, at 43,444 (that's in AMERICAN DOLLARS). Brazil is 68th on the list, at 9,108. Columbia, with it's crime and violence problems ranks in at 81st on the list, at just under 8100. Mexico is 63rd with 11,250. And that's just GDP per capita. Let's look at quality or roads, health care, education, etc... there's NO COMPARISON. So if you want to continue to use these countries as examples as to how things in the US aren't that bad, then go ahead, but it's not accurate.

As for second world, it's a term that is commonly used now not in relation to Soviet satellites but in to countries that are not as developed as American, Canada etc, but not as destitute as others.

Gopher:

[Gopher]