Jalouse
Woodpecker
The right to bear arms means the right to have weapons not specifically guns although guns are obviously weapons. People believe there are some limits as to what kind of weapons its' citizenry can have and I'm sure this would include gun advocates. You wouldn't, for example, want some crazy survivalist to be able to install a couple of surface to air missiles in his back garden even though he could argue that the constitution has him covered. So the right to bear arms point is somewhat moot as a blanket statement that everyone has a right to own a gun.
That being said there are no simple solutions for complex problems and as has been pointed out there are other countries such as Switzerland with high gun ownership and apparently Canada also has a high percentage of gun owners too but both with much less murders. Looking more at the gun crime stats it appears that a lot of firearm murders are concentrated in certain states and in certain areas in those states. So if you don't happen to live in those areas your chances of being a victim of gun crime could be on the same level as some of the very safe European countries. It's also possible that other crimes such as home break-ins are possibly lower in these safer areas just because the criminals know there is a chance that the home owner will have a gun and the law behind them for protection.
I prefer to live in a country with stricter gun controls but the fact that there are lots of guns around in America doesn't make me nervous to visit or fear for my safety, my chances of being mown down at the local multiplex are tiny and the majority of the additional gun crime is amongst criminals or people who know each other.
If I made it to Assman's neck of the woods I'd definitely take him up on his offer.
That being said there are no simple solutions for complex problems and as has been pointed out there are other countries such as Switzerland with high gun ownership and apparently Canada also has a high percentage of gun owners too but both with much less murders. Looking more at the gun crime stats it appears that a lot of firearm murders are concentrated in certain states and in certain areas in those states. So if you don't happen to live in those areas your chances of being a victim of gun crime could be on the same level as some of the very safe European countries. It's also possible that other crimes such as home break-ins are possibly lower in these safer areas just because the criminals know there is a chance that the home owner will have a gun and the law behind them for protection.
I prefer to live in a country with stricter gun controls but the fact that there are lots of guns around in America doesn't make me nervous to visit or fear for my safety, my chances of being mown down at the local multiplex are tiny and the majority of the additional gun crime is amongst criminals or people who know each other.
If I made it to Assman's neck of the woods I'd definitely take him up on his offer.
