going to buy a rifle---advice?

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by Riko

why?

okay, I understand that your country was formed under violent speration from the English rule. And that the US expaned to the west also with violence.
So I can understand that violence has been part of the american culture...
However, the US are not the only country that made itself independant by the means of violence, but they one of the most prominent gun-lovers in the world.

That's what I was trying to understand. The whole cultural-historical arugment is becoming less valid.

Anyhow, why do I have to open my eyes if I think that less guns is more safety?
Isn't that logic? Here in Europe the home defence with guns are a vast majority, so are we all blind and stupid here?...

We have grown quite attached to our rights and freedoms and don't take kindly to them being taken away.

Less guns does not equal less crime, the region of the U.S. where I live (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota) has the loosest gun laws and highest gun ownership per capita in the U.S. yet it is the safest place to live? By your logic there should be murders every day and the whole countryside overrun with panic and chaos but that is not the case. Violent crimes occur all around the world (take Austalia as an example). Criminals don't care about the law, that's why they are criminals, so outlawing guns only takes them out of the hands of the 90+ million law abiding citizens and only assists the criminals. So much easier to be a criminal when your victims cannot defend themselves.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Less guns does not equal less crime, the region of the U.S. where I live (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota) has the loosest gun laws and highest gun ownership per capita in the U.S. yet it is the safest place to live?

The people are vastly different in the "majority" of the country Unsullied, which is why you see the difference in attitude towards this issue. I dont know how to explain in a short blurb, but think res mentality mixed with 1.5 million self absorbed a-holes.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

The people are vastly different in the "majority" of the country Unsullied, which is why you see the difference in attitude towards this issue. I dont know how to explain in a short blurb, but think res mentality mixed with 1.5 million self absorbed a-holes.

Indeed, I can open carry down main street here and nobody would care. Try that in Seattle and people would freak out. It isn't the gun that you have to worry about, it won't load itself and go crazy, its the person that I worry about.