It's Canada that really throws me. Guns are legal. Check. People own guns. Check. At the last count there were a greater number of people owning guns per head of capita in Canada than the US. Less crazy gun crime.
I don't know. I can't even have an opinion on this one. I just can't deal with the debate.
Guns are more rigorously controlled here. You have to pass a test to renew your license almost every year and they go in for more than that bullshit three-day checkup thing to clear you in the first place. Plus you can't buy them in the supermarket.
I don't think that Americans are more homicidal than anywhere else. If we had the kind of gun laws the do in the States, I reckon we would have a similar rate of gun death. It's easier to kill someone if you're just plain ol' annoyed if you have a gun, or scared, or surprised.
The statistic that if you have a gun, you are more likely to be shot is interesting, but I think flawed. It implies that the shooting of you stems directly from your owning of gun. But if you're carrying a gun, you're probably living a way of life where you're more likely to get shot anyway, like a cop or gang-member. I like grouping those two together!
It took me two reading to realise that "we" and "here" refer to Canada. I think there might be a rifle/handgun thing as well. The Canadians mostly having rifles on account of the moose hunting. Americans mostly have pistols on account of pistols making you feel badass. But I still can't form an opinion on it. It just feels like another world. I mean, the debate "Should the police standing around in train stations carry guns?" I can see sides of. I can get a handle on that. Should civilians carry guns? I just can't comprehend it.
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I don't know. I can't even have an opinion on this one. I just can't deal with the debate.
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I don't think that Americans are more homicidal than anywhere else. If we had the kind of gun laws the do in the States, I reckon we would have a similar rate of gun death. It's easier to kill someone if you're just plain ol' annoyed if you have a gun, or scared, or surprised.
The statistic that if you have a gun, you are more likely to be shot is interesting, but I think flawed. It implies that the shooting of you stems directly from your owning of gun. But if you're carrying a gun, you're probably living a way of life where you're more likely to get shot anyway, like a cop or gang-member. I like grouping those two together!
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