(October 2, 2015 at 8:28 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote:(October 2, 2015 at 6:54 pm)FreeTony Wrote: It isn't going to change, no matter how many people get shot. It appears that American gun production is going through the roof, and support for gun control is going down. Apparently Americans feel more at risk nowadays (despite the stats not backing this up), and that the only way to protect themselves is a gun.
I would hate for gun ownership to be normal here in the UK, and I hate seeing police with guns (thankfully this is very rare too). However if you guys in America want lots of people shot as a byproduct of feeling safer yourself, you have that right to decide and you aren't going to be persuaded by stats or examples from abroad.
This just in from a reply I got earlier too - In America you still need a gun as a "tool for the wilderness".... I'm guessing that counts even if you live in Manhattan? Many cougar, such wilderness...
Nice straw man. It apparently escaped your notice that I was trying to explain cultural differences in attitude, not trying to explain current gun usage.
Pearls in front of swine, and all that. Do try to understand what is being said ... and do avoid deliberate misrepresentation, as seems to be the case here.