Arm Yourself: The Ultimate Gun Factsheet

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TeddostheFireKing said:

outlawauron said:

Barozi said:
The US is CLEARLY a third world country regarding gun controls.

Short memo to you. The 18th century is over.

The opinions of Europeans regarding stuff like this is always hilarious.

Funny, as a European, I would say the same about Americans.

In my life, I have never once needed a gun, nor have I seen one in my own country, guns are used for killing, which is something which I do not need to do, nor will need to do for the foreseeable future.

The reason why Americans *need* guns so much, or at least originally, has to do with more than self-defense and property defense, but now that they're out there it is a plus.  It is the only way the federalist system is preserved, and it's precisely why we don't have a larger imbalance of powers than we have now betweeen the peoples/states and the federal government. Furthermore, not many people are victims of crime, but I certainly want to make sure that when/if I am there is something I can do about it. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

 

• deterring tyrannical government;
• repelling invasion;
• suppressing insurrection;
• facilitating a natural right of self-defense;
• participating in law enforcement;
• enabling the people to organize a militia system.