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Annie, Go Get Your Gun! And Toss it on the Fire!

12/8/2018

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The issue of gun control in the US is certainly a hotly contended one. America is completely unique from the rest of the world when it comes to their right to bear arms, because that right is constitutionally protected, and the American people steadfastly defend that right, even when it flies in the face of what is safe, logical and reasonable.
Although many Americans heatedly debate their constitutional right to bear arms, it turns out that they are actually bearing a shit tonne more arms than anywhere else in the world. In fact when it comes to owning firearms, no-one even comes close to the US when it comes to guns per capita, and the statistics are really quite alarming. 
Recently shared data from the Small Arms Survey listed the top ten countries with the most guns per head of the population. Below is the list from that survey with the number of firearms per 100 residents listed beside each country.
1. USA - 112.6
2. Serbia - 75.6
3. Yemen 54.8
4. Switzerland - 45.7
5. Cyprus - 36.4
6. Saudi Arabia - 35
7. Iraq - 34.2
8. Uruguay - 31.8
9. Sweden - 31.6
10. Norway - 31.3
The US is not only the leader on that list by a very long margin, but they also have more than one gun per person in their country! The only country that even comes close to the US is Serbia, but its firearm habit is part of a hangover from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 90's and subsequent wars, and although I am condoning the fact that almost 76 people out of every 100 Serbians has a gun, at least there have been reasons to substantiate why there are so many guns in their country. 
Americans vehemently stand by their right to own firearms and defend themselves, however with the continuous onslaught of mass shootings claiming the lives of young and innocent victims, isn't it a moral and social obligation that the US reform their guns laws and enforce stricter purchasing and ownership laws?
In democratic countries where the incidence of gun ownership is much tighter, we also see a massive reduction in gun related deaths, it's hardly rocket science! Currently, Australia only has 1.4 homicides by firearm per one million people and America has 29.7, the highest in the world. Also, when you consider that Americans only make up 4.4% of the entire world population but own almost half of the guns around the world, well....it doesn't take a genius to see that there is a problem there does it?
Since 2012 there have been more than 1,600 people killed in the US in mass shooting incidents, and if you average out the number of shootings that occurred in 2015 alone (355) with the number of days in a year, it equates to there being more than one mass shooting per day in the US alone. That probably makes the it one of the most unsafe countries in the world doesn't it?
Come on America, wake and smell the coffee....countries with less guns and tighter gun laws have less gun related deaths, it's that simple. It is time to amend your constitution and drag your gun laws and restrictions kicking and screaming into the next millennium. Your steadfast commitment to bear arms is making your country unsafe, unappealing and unapproachable and unless you are going into a War of the Worlds alien attack type scenario any time soon, more than one gun per capita is just outrageously excessive and completely unnecessary. It's not too late to throw down your guns America and make a movement towards something more peaceful, united and humanitarian; there's never been a better time than right now.
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ATTACK THE BLOCK
Release Date: 2011
Rating: MA 15+
Running Time: 88 mins
A British science fiction-comedy, written and directed by Joe Cornish and produced by Big Talk Pictures, better known for Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.  Attack the Block received mainly positive reviews upon it's release and quickly became a cult classic, largely due to it's clever mix of witty street dialogue, excellent visual effects and popular electro-dance music.
A group of tough teenagers from a South London housing estate find themselves in a violent turf war against some malevolent aliens on Guy Fawkes night. 
Most of the roles are played by virtually unknown actors, and they make a very interesting mixed bag of thugs; everyone from a local crime lord and assorted gang members to the local drug dealer gets a look in here. Nick Frost has a small role, but it is really the teens that steal the show as they defend their home from the vicious marauders in true British street style. 
FINAL SAY: Big alien gorilla wolf motherfuckers, I swear. 
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Dean Slatter
29/8/2018 18:12:58

Gun laws in the US are way to relaxed, the people are no longer safe from themselves, its a sorry state.

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