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I just hope we can agree to disagree on gun control.




Works for me, Bob. This is ultimately a cultural difference arising from a right which was enshrined in an amendment to the US constitution more than 200 years ago. I do understand why it is therefore seen as a fundamental right by so many US citizens.

Sorry for any offence inadvertently caused.

I am, of course, no expert in this field but my intuitive reasoning goes like this:

The more guns there are, the more guns are likely to fall into the wrong hands.

The individual (and licensed) private gun owner may feel safer personally, but, as a whole, society becomes more dangerous.

I agree fully with Mac that the problem is the intention and not the tool, but the particular characteristics of firearms (attack over longer distances, multiple assault possibilities…) make them different in nature from knives, cricket and baseball bats and the rest. This is indeed why gun owners like to own them.

I guess it would be good to hear from the non-US/non-UK “neutrals” on this one.

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