All this intensity over a little regulation. Aust & the UK don't deny people their guns. Heaps of people have guns. Just that their use is more strictly regulated. Most of you could still keep your weapons, but you'd be a bit less free in how you store, use and account for them. You would also live in a happier and safer society. Theoretically.henry quirk wrote:Cynically (and fully in keeping with the in-forum view of Americans), we're too fucking primitive to abide the loss of our boom sticks.
I do agree that the horse has bolted for the US, though. It appears that once gun ownership reaches a critical mass there is no turning back. That is why it's so essential for countries like the UK and Australia to resist the push of our gun lobbyists. I don't think most of the lobbyists understand what hell they would unleash. Or maybe they do? A chaotic society is one that favours those with "boom sticks" and know how to use them, so in a high density gun society the current shooters would become the big fish.
It's basically a push for an unearned increase in status and ideally they should be determinedly resisted by all those who prefer relative order and peace.