(February 22, 2018 at 5:29 pm)JMT Wrote: If we could have a world without guns it would be great. But no, it wouldn't, we'd still have swords and knives and clubs, and if we got rid of those we'd still have pitchforks and arms and legs. So we have to do something that will deal with reality. Reality is there are guns and anyone that wants one bad enough can get one. So yes, education, but yes, also protection. It's not an either/or. They're addressing two different, but related issues. My .02c
In the UK we don't have the gun problem you have, neither does anywhere else in the world.
Nor do we have a sword or club problem.
At the moment the weapon of choice by criminal gangs is acid and even this is mainly limited to certain areas of London. Very hard to go on a killing spree when your most devastating weapon is a converted super soaker.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
