Was talking about politics with a friend, specifically what I continue to think is the disaster of the "Defund the Police" slogan, which has been popping up more frequently again with the anniversary of George Floyd's murder. This friend repeated an argument I've heard before, that the level of crime is way down since the 1990s so we don't need to ( Read more... )

There are 1,000,000 police officers in the US, and on average they kill 3-4 people each day.

There are 250,000,000 adult residents in the US.  40% of them live in a house with a gun, that's about 100,000,000 adults who own guns.  These 100,000,000 adults (and sometimes their children) kill on average 115 people each day with their guns.

That's ( Read more... )

Is there an organization trying to ban guns? I'm trying to find one on the Internet ... so far ... nope ...

I didn't realize how radical this position is in the US, that there's not even an organization advocating for it.

Ban GunsThere's the "gun control" side of the debate, they want things like universal background checks, limiting gun ( Read more... )