name calling.
I thought you were all for name calling when the idea expressed was stupid?
I recall reading from a newspaper that the knife crime and stabbings have suddenly increased in UK, especially among the young.
From what I've heard Knife crime in general is actually down. It has however increased amongst the young and that is a rather worrying development.
But maybe that is the point when you said about that you cannot trust people with firearms?
Yep. That's exactly what I was on about. Although the rise in stabbings is worrying if these people had easy access to firearms there would be a lot more killings. Especially when you consider that it's fairly hard to accidentally stab someone compared with the ease with which you can hit someone else with crossfire.
What kind is the actual ban of firearms? Can you own shotguns and rifles?
The ban pretty much covers all private ownership of handguns and sawn off shotguns. Rifles are allowed for people who need them (like farmers for shooting rabbits, etc) There are certain exceptions of course.
Belligerence is a ridiculous excuse. Canada is every bit as belligerent, or at least much of it is.
I didn't say it wasn't. My point was that America is full of people who would quite happily pull out a gun and start blasting and think about the consequences later. Maybe Canada is too but they have realised that fact. I don't know enough about the Swiss to say whether they are too. Maybe they are.
Canada has a much higher rate of ownership of rifles and shotguns vs the American preoccupation with handguns. Belligerent or not Canada does accept that they need strict controls on handguns. If you listen to the NRA and the pro-gun lobby you'd think the solution was to hand out guns and carry permits to everyone. Even in Switzerland where most households have a gun carry permits are only handed out when the person can claim that they face a specific danger (for instance people working in security).
My main point is that America can't simply point at Canada and Switzerland and say "Guns work for them, so they'll work for us" America needs to realise that those countries are doing something to prevent them having crime rates as high as America.
But they don't carry a firearm in the purse.
Yep. And that cuts out a lot of it. But you still run the risk of being shot by your partner. Lock boxes would give you a few seconds to think about what you're doing but how are you ever going to make those mandatory?
