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Originally posted by dnd
I would enjoy them for recreational use i.e . shooting ranges but really i feel living in england maybe i don't understand the mentality of guns for protection at home. If guns where in theory outlawed in america (i know it won't happen and probably no one would hand over their weapons anyway) don't u think gun crime as a whole would dramatically reduce?
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I've read, and can't think where right now, that London has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world. Higher than New York. People just seem to assume that since guns are legal in the US that it must be a pretty scary place.
Maybe the fact that I MIGHT have a gun in my house keeps crime down. In London, if I were a burglar, I would feel pretty confident that the house I'm breaking into is going to be gun free and much less of a threat if I'm confronted by the owner.
Just a thought, maybe having guns around and legal makes me safer...