Should guns be outlawed in America?

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Kudistos Megistos said:

travis said:

leatherhat said:
Its not about home defense or hunting. Its about making sure the people can always "take care" of the government if they overstep their bounds, which America has apparently forgotten.

Americans are funny. Paranoid and complety freaked out by their government but beeing raped by their corporations and Banks (just think about the subprimes crisis..). Scandinavian countries have strong welfare state and the higher standard of living in the world. Stop beeing afraid of goverment and make it cares about the people it supposes to serve. In the end I would be scared too anyway since United states are barely a democracy ruled by corporate lobbies, mainstream medias and wealthy policians...

 

Sorry for beeing pessimistic and annoying, it's just how the world make me feel at the moment.

 

Scandinavian countries are great if you don't mind paying 50% tax and having a ridiculously high cost of living.

I guess the high standard of living is why you have such low suicide rates?

Incidentally, the US scores higher than two of the three Scandinavian countries according to commonly used Human Devlopment Index, even though said index doesn't take the US's greatest strengths into account. The only Scandinavian  country that does score extremely well just happens to be an oil state, and its two biggest flaws are, conveniently, not measured.

Well they must be doing something right in scandinavian countries since they tend to have some of the lowest crime rates, best healthcare, best education, highest quality of life, and be among the most peaceful and least corrupt. 

http://nationranking.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/2011-qli2.png

And about the suicide rates...

This is from the Edinburgh university library online resources:

"The myth of Swedish suicide” has its roots in the late-1950s when the American President Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to it in a speech which had been based on an inaccurate briefing. The President had tried to paint a negative picture of Sweden, a nation which - with its cradle-to-grave socialism - had set itself on a post-war neutral stance outside the then embryonic-NATO and American influence. Ever since many people have accepted the picture as fact and perpetuate the myth."

Norway actually ranks lower than USA and Canada among male suicides.

Keep in mind that these countries have very long dark winters, this also atributes to suicides.