Faulty logic

[sikander7]

Is the USA going bonkers? The killings in Colorado have resulted not in a desire to reduce guns, but to increase them! An article in the New Zealand Herald, though originally from the UK Independent, says that Colorado residents are queuing to purchase guns. So the best way to deal with a dangerous situation is to be willing and able to get in to a

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[vflick]

yes, they're crazy. Gun culture is insane. You can't even talk about the tiniest thing, such as possibly limiting the average person's ability to get their hands on a machine gun, without someone accusing you of being a socialist. (which, hilariously, is meant as the ultimate insult.)

After another set of shootings years ago I engaged some American friends online about gun culture and gun control, and I even had a friend I normally considered very reasonable, and ever liberal minded, tell me when I asked why people need guns in their homes, that the major reason is to defend themselves in their homes in case the government invades... or something along those lines. I was so gobsmacked. If you're worrying about your own government coming into your home as your major motivation for gun ownership? The discussion about gun control in Canada usually involves whether First Nations who live off the land in the Arctic should have to register their rifles. I can't even fathom where to start a productive conversation about guns with most Americans and that never happens to me.

It's a CRAZY part of the culture. Mostly you don't notice when you're there - most places. but it pops up at odd times. My advice if you're ever in the situation in the US where the topic comes up? Just don't say a word.

Ironically, I went to Alaska last weekend, and the US border guard asked us if we had any guns in the car. *snerk* Yeah, what you should worry about is me bringing guns INTO Alaska!

[sikander7]

It is also completely bizarre than neither candidate for the presidential election dares to say anything about the issue of gun control. The USA prides itself on being a democracy yet there can be no debate on an issue that causes massive numbers of deaths per year.

[vflick]

To bring it up would be instant political suicide...

[sikander7]

So when will the country that prides itself on democracy, and forcibly imposes the system on countries that are nowhere near developed enough, reform its voting system. A more realistic representation would stop the current separation between the plutocracy and the ordinary people.
And people could express their opinion on guns.