Reply #138: wow

[bossy22]

do you know almost every other nation on earth has those same problems- safe is a relative term. there are places in that gun control paradise we call UK that you just dont want to be in. But we are generally safe- we have crime yes, but only a small fraction of our population experiences it. most people go to work, and come home, without ever feeling that there life was in danger- thats why we are safe.

Also i know the crime in my neck of the woods- lets see we had about 15 murders in my country (of about 1.3 million people), we have a home invasion rate that is the 2nd lowest in the nation. in my town alone (27,000 people) we had 1 shooting in the last 4 years- and that was a cracked out druggie from NYC who shot a cabbie over 10 dollars

do you know all the shooting "events" you mentioned in the above post only make up a small fraction of gun homicide. do you know the majority of gun homicide is criminal on criminal. Do you know many of those people have been let back on our streets because of our court system and all of our due process- lets get rid of that- hey its for the children you know. IT would be so much safer if everyone who got arrested would just be locked up without any question- better safe than sorry ya know.

we are in no way a shooting gallery- i dont know how you can even say that- are you looking at absolute numbers? only .0035% of people will die due to gun fire...i think thats hardly a high number.

its like the airplane crash scenario- after an airplane crash people start thinking how unsafe it is to fly- no one realizes the other 9,999 flights that made it safely that day. I was taught by my father that the we are generally safe- i dont know- maybe i grew up the last of a generation- but my father always talked about how our society has become afraid of our own shadow- how we are so afraid of crime and harm that we don't even allow our kids to ride bicycles up and down the block. I think as a society we have become too overprotective of ourselves (especially when it comes in terrorism). that doesnt mean we shouldnt take precautions and that there arent dangers out there, but it shouldnt consum our lives because it really isnt that big of a problem.

and when it comes to guns for self defense- i believe in my neighborhood there is very little need for it, but that doesnt mean i do not support it. its a personal choice and i'd be damned if id allow the government to make that choice for me.

Our murder rate may be higher than other 1st world nations but its not even close to the point where we need to be wearing bullet proof vests.