Cold hard facts on gun violence

Again, I'm going to diverge from my usual tips and reviews to bring you a little cold hard reality.

There are those out there, I know many of them, who think that guns are inherently bad and that no one should be allowed to have them.  I respect the opinion and I understand what they want to accomplish with this train of thought, however, I disagree with it.  Then again, I also disagree with someone owning a bajillion firearms and spending every free moment practicing their tactical reloads for the "upcoming revolution".  I respect their opinion, I just disagree with it.

But for those people who may glance by my blog to see what we, the armed citizens, think, here's the deal.

In 2007, according to the CDC (Center for Disease Control) 42,031 people died in fatal car accidents.  For the exact same period of time 12,632 people died due to a gun shot wound.  Take a look at that difference;
we're talking a 3 to 1 ratio here.  So, cars are MUCH more dangerous that a firearm when speaking from a pure mortality stand point. 

There are those that think a removal of firearms would make for a safer society and that's just not true.
Remember, drugs are outlawed...and we still have a drug problem.  Drunk driving is illegal...still happens.
People who refuse to abide by the laws when it suits their fancy aren't going to give a wet slap about the new fangled law you have in place that prevents them from doing whatever it was you were looking to accomplish.

You see, gun control isn't crime control (Thank you ABC News).  Regulating something only reduces or changes the accessibility of that item to those people who would seek to obtain said item via legally recognized means. 

Guys, you can't legislate safety, if we could, we wouldn't need the police department (God bless every last one of them), we wouldn't need seat belts, we wouldn't need child locks.  It would all just magically be safe.

Banning guns will not, I repeat, will not, prevent further crime.  Crime will, in fact, increase.  If you want to ban them, and I respectfully disagree with that idea, the tell the truth about it.  You don't like guns, they scare you and you don't want to be around them.  Otherwise, the rest of your arguments are usually bollocks and easily dismissed with about 10 minutes of research.

Ok, I'm stepping off my soapbox.