Tell them it’s not the just government. In the UK, guns are pretty much banned yet gun violence by the criminal element has gone up by 400%!
In other words, your chance of getting robbed at gunpoint in London is up 400% over 20 years ago. And they banned guns right around that time, too.
India has a ban on guns, but just a couple of years a few terrorists with guns shot hundreds of people in Mumbai and all the victims could do was cower or try to run away.
There is no easy answer—tell them that.
Violent crime is higher in the UK than it is in the United States. ‘Nuff said.
I did. They then turned their venom on Rush Limbaugh and I forcefully reminded them of the crap spouted by their side too.