270 Million = Approximate # of Civilian firearms in America200,000 TIMES A YEAR = WOMEN USE A GUN TO DEFEND AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE3 out of 5 POLLED FELONS SAY THEY WON’T MESS WITH AN ARMED VICTIM- USA: 88.8%- YEMEN: 54.8%- SWITZERLAND: 45.7%- FINLAND: 45.3%- HONDURAS: 91.6- EL SALVADOR: 69.2- CÔTE D'IVOIRE: 56.9- JAMAICA: 52.2(USA isat 4.8 homicides per 100,000 residents.)A recent study published in theconcluded that there is a negative correlation between gun ownership and violent crime in countries internationally (more guns = less crime).Nations with strict gun control laws have substantially higher murder rates than those who do not in general. In fact, the 9 European nations with thegun ownership rate have a combined murder ratethat of the 9 European nations with thegun ownership rate!No guns: POSSESSION OF HANDGUNS IS ILLEGAL IN THE UKCrime: 2,034 VIOLENT CRIMES PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN UK (vs 466 violent crimes per 100,000 people in the USA)In the decade following the Labor party's election and banning of handguns in 1997, the number of recorded violent attacks soared by 77% to 1.2 million in '07- or more than 2 attacks every minute!Kitchen knives are being used in as many as half of all stabbings in the United Kingdom and has prompted a group of doctors to call for aAn analysis of the FBI crime statistics found that states that adopted concealed carry lawsMurders: 8.5%Rapes: 5%Aggravated Assaults: 7%Robberies: 3%With just one exception, every public mass shooting in the USA since 1950 has taken place where citizens are banned from carrying guns. Despite strict gun regulations, Europe has had 3 of the worst 6 school shootings.In 1982, Kennesaw, Georgia passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in Kennesaw, compared to just 10.4% drop in Georgia as a whole.Today, the violent crime rate in Kennesaw is still 85% lower than Georgia's or the national average.The Democrats and their willing sycophants in the Left-Leaning Mainstream Media will not engage in a debate on guns concerning the truths about safety and crime statistics mentioned above. This is because: