Woodruff wrote:General Brock II wrote:Interestingly enough, the OP has it right. If somebody had have had a gun or some other weapon capable of firing a projectile, then perhaps not as many people would have died. Ever wondered why crime rates are low in the Texas countryside? Why people still feel comfortable keeping their doors unlocked?
Nebraska isn't a state full of gun-carriers. We certainly have our share, and they are pretty competent and confident with them. But it's not to the extent that Texas is, not even close. Yet Nebraskans live in the same sort of environment, as far as feeling safe and feeling comfortable with our doors unlocked. Why? Because Nebraskans are typically pretty good people in a state with a pretty good job market (one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation), and so you don't have as much crime for those reasons as well. I guess my point is...it's not necessarily a "gun result", as you're trying to paint it.General Brock II wrote:In this society, the majority of people do not respect guns or treat them as a normal, every day implement... Since it's difficult to obtain them, there is mystique surrounding them and a surreal feeling of power.
Guns are not difficult to get in the United States. This is patently and demonstrably false. I don't believe that in the United States, they have any such mystique surrounding them, either.
Patches, actually, I hadn't heard of that shooting incident in Zug, prior to your mentioning it... But it does seem to indicate a point, doesn't it? When was the last violent shooting in Switzerland? 2001. In Norway, 2011. In Canada, 2012. In USA, 2012. In Sweden, 2012. back later... men's rowing is on.
