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I can tell you without a doubt that I do not live in fear. Carrying a gun simply lets me go about my day knowing that I am equipped to handle an unpleasant or p

I can tell you without a doubt that I do not live in fear. Carrying a gun simply lets me go about my day knowing that I am equipped to handle an unpleasant or potentially deadly situation should I have to. Where do you live that you believe you will never fall victim to a crime? Are there no bad people where you live? There are a lot of great people where I live in a very affluent and safe environment but I'm not naive enough to think that there is 0% chance of someone attempting to take my life. I simply prefer to be prepared.

whyleyc 14y ago
I live in a country where less than 7 people in every 100 owns a gun and where there are less than 50 homicides per year due to firearms. You live in a country where 88 out of every 100 citizens owns a gun and with less than 5% of the world's population, you are home to roughly 35–50 per cent of the world's civilian-owned guns. [1] You have a cultural problem that other countries simply do not have - more guns do not make you collectively "safer". [1] http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list#data http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homici...
- kevincennis 14y ago
  That has to be 88 guns per 100 people, not 88 gun owners per 100 people - right?
  - whyleyc 14y ago
    It's unclear from the data: http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list#data http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homici... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdExSbktqRWpLMjNUMkFGVk5VODRyTnc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdExS... http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2007.html http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook...
  - damoncali 14y ago
    That's correct. http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#ownership http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#ownership
- ycombobreaker 14y ago
  Re: 88/100 citizens owning a gun, can you provide any evidence to that effect? A relatively recent Gallup poll put the rate at 1/3 with many gun owners owning multiple guns. Like you would expect out of most hobbies. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/20098/gun-ownership-use-america.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/20098/gun-ownership-use-america.a...
stefantalpalaru 14y ago
You must realize that the gun is not a shield and that you cannot block projectiles from other guns with it. Your protection is the fear that you might instill in a possible attacker by being able to kill him/her first. If you're fast enough. And always alert. Always suspicious of your surroundings. Always ready to unleash that preemptive strike you've been training for every week. But you're not living in fear. No sir...

whyleyc 14y ago

I live in a country where less than 7 people in every 100 owns a gun and where there are less than 50 homicides per year due to firearms. You live in a country where 88 out of every 100 citizens owns a gun and with less than 5% of the world's population, you are home to roughly 35–50 per cent of the world's civilian-owned guns. [1] You have a cultural problem that other countries simply do not have - more guns do not make you collectively "safer". [1] http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list#data http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homici...

kevincennis 14y ago
That has to be 88 guns per 100 people, not 88 gun owners per 100 people - right?
- whyleyc 14y ago
  It's unclear from the data: http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list#data http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homici... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdExSbktqRWpLMjNUMkFGVk5VODRyTnc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdExS... http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2007.html http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook...
- damoncali 14y ago
  That's correct. http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#ownership http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#ownership
ycombobreaker 14y ago
Re: 88/100 citizens owning a gun, can you provide any evidence to that effect? A relatively recent Gallup poll put the rate at 1/3 with many gun owners owning multiple guns. Like you would expect out of most hobbies. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/20098/gun-ownership-use-america.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/20098/gun-ownership-use-america.a...

stefantalpalaru 14y ago

You must realize that the gun is not a shield and that you cannot block projectiles from other guns with it. Your protection is the fear that you might instill in a possible attacker by being able to kill him/her first. If you're fast enough. And always alert. Always suspicious of your surroundings. Always ready to unleash that preemptive strike you've been training for every week. But you're not living in fear. No sir...