I'm not here to argue with you about whether you're right or not, but I'm curious what your opinion is on a couple things.

Why do you believe it is that the United States has higher levels of firearms homicide per capita than most other developed nations? The stats on Wikipedia are unfortunately from 2000, but what they say is that the US had a firearms homicide level of 2.97 per 100,000 people. The only countries on the list with a higher level than that are Barbados, Belarus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, and Zimbabwe. Why do you believe that is? Do you believe that easy access to guns plays a role in that stat, or do you believe that it doesn't?

Also, what do you feel about the fact, from the same 2000 numbers, that 65 percent of all homicides in the United States were perpetrated with guns? the only countries on the list with a higher percentage are Colombia, Slovakia, and Zimbabwe. Do you feel that there would be fewer homicides with more strict gun control laws, or do you feel that murderers would simply find other ways to kill even it meant they had to plan more?

What do you feel about gun control restrictions such as those in Canada, which is America's direct neighbour and which shares a lot of culture and trade with the US? In Canada it is perfectly legal to own many types of guns, but there are more restrictions and registration requirements. In Canada the firearms homicide rate is 0.54 per 100,000 people, and 34 percent of all homicides are committed with guns.

Do you believe that the right of self-protection (recognized by law within Canada as well, despite our higher level of gun regulation) would be damaged by placing greater restrictions on the type of gun a person can legally own?