12-28-2020, 04:03 PM
(12-28-2020, 02:43 PM)⋆ Fx ⋆ Wrote: I'm Anti-gun. Americas obsession with fire arms is ridiculous. Other developed countries have shown with stricter gun laws/no guns there was a strong decline in gun violence/shootings. I hope one day we can achieve that. Until that day comes I'll continue to flinch when I hear a loud bang.
Yeah sure, you can have that argument, but the murder homicide rate in countries that have outright banned firearms for personal defense have increased. Look at the UK stabbings rates since they passed stricter legislation. You also have to keep in consideration, that AGAIN, most of the gun homicide occurs in low social-economical areas. More specifically, I am referring to black on black crime through illegally obtained weapons. Even if you pass anti-gun legislation, people will find ways to illegally obtain these things if they want to kill someone. The last thing I'll say in regards to this is there are areas in the United States that culturally NEED a firearm to survive through means of hunting. Not everywhere is like California, New York, or Atlanta where everything is readily available; people who live in extremely rural areas do not have access to a grocery store or a restaurant; they sometimes have to travel up to an hour for one of them.
I get what you're saying, I'm just simply explaining why I disagree with your viewpoint; HOWEVER, America does have a gun obsession, and that comes with the context of how we revolted against the British and that's just never going to go away.
(12-28-2020, 03:50 PM)Jammin Wrote: My city's police department is pretty responsive and I have an alarm system, so I feel their response would be plenty quick in an emergency situation (hence I can save up for such a purchase)
This is something else to consider; not everyone's got a police department that responds quickly. The AVERAGE response time is 15 minutes. someone can easily break into your house and kill/ rob you and leave within 15 minutes if you aren't capable of protecting yourself. Also, I agree that you should shoot to stop, not to kill unless they are intentionally trying to kill you.
