Anyone interested in understanding the sheer stupidity of those in America's gun toting lobby should visit this Facts You Can Use site for the trigger happy:
http://www.graybeardoutdoors.com/facts.htm My particular favourites are the list of top 10 reasons for ER admissions - ban baseball bats now! - and the sleight of hand which sees the bringing together of Japan's low murder AND high suicide rates and setting them against the combined figures for the US (roughly 7 x higher murder rate, two-thirds lower suicide rate) to determine that " the combined murder and suicide rates in Japan and the U.S. are nearly equal even though firearms are virtually non-existent in Japan" Brilliant, albeit very, very stupid.