RE: If the NRA would hold more conventions, gun injuries would drop

[kelte]

so it must be the common sense that is wrong

No. It must be you, who is wrong.

To be more consequent, you should demand a prohibition of kitchen knifes, because there is overwhelming evidence, that kitchen knifes are used in homicides very often.

At least, to ban guns in private hands would be a very nice service to criminals, Take the guns away from the NRA and the criminals will have less risk at break ins.

Comments

[lennstar]

Thank you, I already started to wonder where the angry, triggered gun-nut reactions are!

Point 1: I (and the study) have talked about accidents. Not homicides, nowhere.

Point 2:

prohibition of kitchen knifes

Kitchen knifes are not made to kill people.
I will accept this argument if you use your gun to chop up a meal of salad and butter your bread with it every day.

Point 3:

that kitchen knifes are used in homicides very often.

That is because everyone has one. Means if everyone has guns...

Point 4:

Take the guns away from the NRA and the criminals will have less risk at break ins.

A) I don't think even the biggest NRA gun storage can prevent any burglar... but I guess you just miswrote here.
B) Yes, the criminals have a lower risk of getting shot. As have police btw.
And because the criminals don't need to fear to get shot, they also carry guns less often. A LOT less often. Like nearly never in countries with strict gun laws.
Means people getting burglarized in those countries are also in less danger then if they would have guns. Not to mention the little problem with "appropriate use of force" (which I admit has been thrown out of the window in the US).

What you think about those points?

[lennstar]

Unfortunately this is not right, just the opposite. Look at Britain and various other countries please!

I'll let the first 2 google hits answer, okay?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/18/gun-ownership-gun-deaths-study

Their findings, published Wednesday in the prestigious American Journal of Medicine, debunk the historic belief among many people in the United States that guns make a country safer, they say. On the contrary, the US, with the most guns per head in the world, has the highest rate of deaths from firearms, while Japan, which has the lowest rate of gun ownership, has the least.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list

The second link has all the data you need. If you look at comparable countries (wealth and general war status) you will see that my point holds valid, yours not.

Oh, I'll add this graph, hit number 8 or so.

As far as social statistics go, this is a fairly exact linear trend.
http://mark.reid.name/blog/gun-deaths-vs-gun-ownership.html

Intersting outliers: Mexico, with the drug war. Germany, with very strict gun laws. Background checks and likely more important storage - for example the rifle in your home must be in a locked placed and (I don't know the english words) unable to shoot without putting a thing in (and of course not loaded with ammo, too).

Chile I don't know anything about.