NobleTeam360 said:
I was thinking the same thing. If you fear being shot when you leave your house then your country must of had like a 90% crime rate. |
Apart from the fact that a "90%" crime rate doesn't seem to make much sense, the perception of danger is relative and depends on what a person is used to. The best number I can currently think of to somehow measure and compare the danger of being shot when leaving the house is the number of people killed in firearm-related homicides per 100000 population per year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate Looking at that data, people from Colombia or Mexico visiting the USA will probably consider the danger of being shot in a gun-related homicide to be surprisingly low, because in their countries that danger is about three times higher. I on the other hand would probably consider it very high, simply because that danger is about 50 times higher than what I am used to from my own country.
But I'm more and more thinking it makes little sense to discuss american gun policy on an international forum like this one anyway. Because many non-americans only point out how idiotic and stupid they consider american gun policy, and it's understandable that this offends the national identity of many americans, who as far as I know are very "proud" of their country. If these americans were however only debating gun policy with other americans, they might present a much more balanced view. I've made similar experiences with debating israeli foreign policy with jews. It's a stupid idea, because when a gentile brings up criticism, most of them will feel that they have to defend Israel because they feel it's somehow part of their own identity being criticized. But when the same jews would discuss Israel with other jews, they might even be more critical than the gentile.
