Originally Posted By: Tom_L



But it's not even the point. What I'm saying is there are many places in the world where a lot of people legally own guns and the crime rate is very low (think of Switzerland, Finland). In most developed countries gun laws are very strict. Few people own weapons and the crime rate is low (most of Europe, Japan etc.). There are plenty of guns in the US and the crime rate is high (so clearly, something is working perfectly). In some parts of the world there are even more guns per capita and the crime rate is extreme.



Your looking at too large of areas so your making too broad of generalizations. Look at cities like DC, Chicago where guns are banned and then see how much higher the crime rate is compares to a similar sized city someplace in TX where everyone has a gun and crime is low. Now look at rural America whwre every house has a gun rack in every bedroom and crime is low. Even the inner city ghettos where the media thinks 10 years olds are shooting each other wth AK's isn;t true, those inner cities there are very few guns since most can't afford to even buy a bullet.

Look at 9/11, when a couple people took over planes with box cutters and ask why? You really think a dozen grown men couldn't oevrpower a couple people armed with 1/2" long blades? They didn't because they are taught to fear guns and knives and to not fight back. When you grow up around guns and knives and quit fearing them you learn that a tiny box cutter will barely make it through your clothes and give a small cut that can eb treated with a band aid so there isn;t much to fear when the guy armed with a box cutter tells you so sit down and get flown to your death.