Here is some food for thought: Look up the number of "deadly swatting incidents" outside of North America, they don't exist. This is a phenomenon which, in its

Here is some food for thought: Look up the number of "deadly swatting incidents" outside of North America, they don't exist. This is a phenomenon which, in its severity, is pretty much exclusive to the USA, with some cases also happening in Cannada, but that's about it. Does that mean that police in other countries don't get fake calls? They also get them, but they usually react to them in a somewhat more reasonable manner which prevents the worst from happening. The same doesn't seem to work for US police due to cultural differences (abundance of firearms everywhere) and the resulting police mentality (better shoot first than to get shot first). In that regard, some of these "pro-gun ownership" and "guns are not the problem" comments here are simply mind-boggling, still denying a problem exists. A problem pretty much everybody recognizes as such, except for the people who still think that their AR-15's will prevent the US from becoming some fascist police state. Not a week goes by where not another totally absurd case of irresponsible gun owners end up getting somebody killed or hurt: Babysitters getting babies killed [0], dogs shooting their owners [1], parents getting shot by their own toddlers [2], heck even when people are meeting at church to discuss a shooting spree, they end up shooting each other by accident [3] it's a collection of absurdities that wouldn't be possible anywhere else, but in the US it seems to be considered "normal". At least that's the only way I can explain how some people still pretend there isn't a problem. It becomes especially grating when these very same people use countries with high ownership rates (and pretty strict regulations) to argue for their case of "everybody should have a gun!", straight out of the NRA meme book. Case in point: Citing Germany and Switzerland as examples for societies where "high gun ownership and low crime" exists, while at the same time completely ignoring the massive gun-regulation laws in said countries. Similarly: Hitler could only take over because he banned all the guns, when in fact he did the exact opposite to arm his SA thugs. [0] http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/23/justice/texas-babysitter-gun-death/ http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/23/justice/texas-babysitter-g... [1] http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/27/dog-accidentally-shoots-owner-with-a-9mm-pistol-yes-you-read-that-correctly/ http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/27/dog-accidentally-... [2] http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/toddler-shoots-mom-dead-baby-diaper-cops-article-1.2023300 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/toddler-shoots-mom-... [3] http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-accidentally-shoots-wife-church-discussing-weapons-churches/story?id=51221000 http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-accidentally-shoots-wife-church...