#1 The UK is just one country that can be compared to, and probably chosen to best suit your point of view.

#2 See #1 above,

#3 So nearly 8,000 gun murders is acceptable?

#4 If guns are used to stop crime the US should be lower than 28th.

#5 That doesn't prove causality. There were probably a lot of other factors involved as well.

#6 So what are the gun control laws like in Japan? Can't Chicago-ites get guns elsewhere and just drive them into the city?

#7 See #5 above.

#8 Where did this statistic come from? Are the guns actually used, or just carried to make them feel safer?

#9 So with those 80% did the offender also have a gun? If yes, your statistics are skewed, if no, the crime most likely could have also been prevented without the use of the gun.

#10 So other forms of guns, apart from rifles should be banned to prevent 96.5% of gun crimes.

#11 The majority might rule, but it doesn't mean they're right.

#12 See #5 above.

#13 Piers most likely is wrong in his stats, but 59 is still a low number for a population that size.

#14 See #1 above.

#15 See #1 above.

#16 Don't believe everything you read in the press.

#17 See #1 above. Also, you can't compare just one year, you would need to look at trends.

#18 Because the Gun Owners of America aren't going to be biased in the statistics they report. (Sarcasm font)