tacooe wrote:I am so anti-gun it's not funny. Over here guns are illegal and thank god, I don't want to have to worry about pissing someone off and then getting shot somewhere unpleasant.
Feh. <a href="
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2 ... 0.html">It still happens anyway</a>, despite people supposedly being unable to buy guns in the UK. Hell, your gun crime seems to be <a href="
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2 ... ">worse</a> than ours. It really is the person behind the trigger, not the gun itself. Look at Switzerland, probably the most heavily armed nation in Europe, if not the world. All suitable men 20 and over get a *fully automatic
* SIG assault rifle and ammunition that they keep in their homes (and get a semi-automatic version of upon retirement fro m the state militia), and are encouraged to practice with it. Swiss citizens can also (legally) buy other firearms with about the same level of ease as we "gun crazy killing machine Americans" can. And yet, with all these "evil guns", the Swiss still enjoy low crime rates. There are probably a few other factors that contribute to this, but no use going into them at this point...
Frankly, if there's anything I'm worried about, it's knives. And I'm serious too. No ammo needed, no real aiming required, quiet, cheap, easily concealable (maybe more so than guns; no bent handle) and a knife wound at close range can be far more lethal to a target than a gun (i.e. at close range a 9mm bullet could probably go right through someone, while a knife with a large enough blade and enough power behind the thrust or slash could seriously bring out a lot of blood). To some types, knives also have an almost ritual signifance, for that matter. And anyone can buy one. So, while I am pro-gun, I am somewhat anti-knife, but I really don't care if people have them, so long as they only hurt themselves at most (and hopefully not even that). Guns aren't bad - it's the human condition that must be looked at.
I'm out...
