Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Handguns are strictly regulated or banned in other nations who have high or higher gun related homicides than than US, such as Mexico, South Africa, and Brazil. How do you factor these inconsistencies into your simple and false logic?

Where did you get your quoted figures from? 8-)

DrMidnight Loc: Canada

There's no false logic only people who have the inability to understand simple concepts. South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Columbia and the Phillippines have much higher total homicide rates by all means. Do you compare their societies with the US? How the mighty have fallen.

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Your contention was: "The factor that differentiates these societies is that handguns are very strictly regulated (and generally unavailable to civilians) in both Canada and Great Britain, whereas they are easily available in the USA."

Easily understandable, you are stating that the differentiating factor is strictly regulated or banned handguns, as it relates to gun homicide rate. Well then, handguns are strictly regulated or banned in other nations who have high or higher gun related homicides than than US, such as Mexico, South Africa, and Brazil.How do you factor these inconsistencies into your simple and false logic?

Oh, and where did you get your statistics from? 8-)