| Mummelmann said: I honestly believe that if all your citizens are that hung up on owning weapons, there is something seriously amiss with your country's current state of being. Arming the whole population is a very bad idea and even people committing petty crime feel the need to arm themselves when everyone else owns a gun. Can you really call it the land of the free and the home of the brave if everyone is so deathly afraid all the time that they absolutely have to own a gun of some kind? Maybe I'm just a stupid foreigner but this is how I see it anyway. |
Because crime happens no where else than US right? I know I could upen any news paper from Europe or Canada major city and see rape, murder, and various other non-violent crimes.
Its not about constant fear of people around you that makes you want to own a gun, its about knowing and realizing there are people out there who do harm others. Then you think ok, how can I protect my family? Well, I can get alarms and locks and such. Which I do and I know that works to an extent. But, there there's still the case where think about the possibility of home invasion or daytime burglery etc. Owning a gun allows that extra comfort, knowing you can stop anything.
Funny part about US is, even though gun ownership is so high, very few people walk around with them. They are kept at home as they are for home defense. If people were "deathly afraid all the time" you'd expect to see holsters everywhere you go, like the old west. btw, I live in Arizona which is one of the most prolific gun ownership states in the nation. I can probably count on one hand how many guns I see out in public in a year. Its not fear, but the idea of the best way to protect one's family from any type of harm. I just don't believe in being a victim.
