Do you think it is normal having firearms?

[joora]

Grey Acumen said:

Actually, joora, I have a question for you. I had already asked it in an edit of a previous post, but I think you might have missed it.

You say that you feel safer knowing that it's almost impossible for anyone to get guns where you live. Are you saying that you do not trust the people in your community to be able to use guns responsibly? In my eyes, that actually is a more fearful view of the world than mine is, as I feel that if the citizens in my community possessed guns, that they would be able to use the guns responsibly. I'll admit, there are certain specific cases where I know people would be idiots, but I also think that with the proper weekly required training courses, that these people would either have to shape up, or they would not be able to own guns, and furthermore, while these idiots might still be able to get around these requirements, I would still have the majority of the community armed and capable of helping me defend myself from them if required.

 

And joora, it doesn't matter how you're killing a person, injury and death don't require a PhD in order to cause. Any criminal who would choose to use these weapons would quickly pick up the skills neccessary to kill with them.

 

Like i've said in one of my previous posts, almost every human being can be driven to a state where he can't control his actions (by pressure, stress, fear...) for short or long period of time. In every community there is also a certain percentage of people that aren't mentally stable (is it called liability? ). There is also a percentage that can achieve the state where they react on impulse by some harsh argument, verbal fight or something in that lines. Every man has different limits.

So, my answer is that i prefer my community without guns. Because, they make easier to cause damage.

And, any person can learn how to use a knife efficently, but it involves more risk than using a firearm, even if he's attacking a non-armed person.