HappySqurriel on 05 January 2008
| hibikir said: Gun control works really well in most European countries for two reasons: 1)Generally good citizens have very little access to guns, so they won't end up using them in a moment of rage. 2)Since there aren't all that many illegal guns in circulation, it's not really all that easy for the criminal to get a gun. There are so many firearms in the US, some of them even full auto that have been grandfathered in the law, that European-style gun control won't help. Without disarming the population first, it's of no use. Since every disarmament effort would not really make a dent on the criminal element's access to guns, it'd be a pretty bad idea. |
Actually, just because there is less violent crime in European countries doesn't mean that gun control is working ... European countries tend to have far better welfare and education systems than the United States, more equal distributions of wealth, and a greater focuse on leasure over materialism; there are dozens of other relevant differences which people never seem to bring up in these discussions.
