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A few occupation in Canada carry firearms for work. We expect these people to use their judgement and only use these firearms when necessary. People Warriors who everyday put their life at risk, because they have answered the call of protecting the herd. Somehow, these people are not to be trusted with that responsibility once they take the uniform off.
I guess the uniform is magical and imbues the persons who wears it with knowledge and wisdom not attainable by mere human beings.
I obtained my firearms licence last year, however I fail to see how the regulations are all that strict. My brother was still able to buy five seperate firearms, as far as I'm concerned are current firearms policies work fine up here, and I'm happy as hell knowing that we don't live in a society which believes one must constantly be armed with a firearm in order to feel safe.
In my uneducated opinion, if everyone was armed, and everyone KNEW that everyone else was armed, there would be less massacres. There may be more crimes of passion, spur of the moment type thing, but I am not well versed enough to say if it would be worth the tradeoff or not.
America has a large amount of firearms per-capita as compared to the developed world yet has one of the highest rates of gun related deaths. Personally, I think if more people were to carry firearms in their cars for example I wouldn't feel all that safe. As well I don't think I should have to carry a firearm to feel protected.
I figure it works with nuclear arms for the most part, everyone knows others have them, so they won't get used, at least for now.
Yeah, I think thats a different comparison. As well I think for the most part we would be better off without nuclear arms.
They try to promote deterrence to reform criminals, but yet they can't fathom the idea that arming the populace may just be the deterrent needed.
It ain't, the one country that I can think of which has a large amount of firearms ownership is Switzerland, but even then the vast majority of the citizens have military training. I think if every joe sixpack were to be given a gun that would only cause more trouble, and I don't think we need a ton of weapons floating around society.
A Police State is one where only the Gov't has firearms -- and I dont think anyone wants to live in a Police State (unless they are the ones controlling it -- then the rules dont apply to them anyway)
Great Britian, Australia, and Japan, are all far from being "police states".
- Unfortunately, you have to realize that 'political' women in Canada believe that a raped and murdered female found with her pantyhose twisted around her neck makes for far better "sisterhood" optics than if she was found holding a smoking handgun over the dead body of her attacker.
Unless they end up wounding or killing two innocent bystanders as well.
I thank God that I live in the best county in the world too , but I wonder how we can keep it that way. The only ones with guns are the criminals, this makes us easy targets. Even though we have restricted handguns since the 30's, they are readily available to the criminals. The Dawson College killer had legally registered guns, how did that happen?
You are entitled to your opinion, but have you thought about what other people might be going through? As a female, I am told to hold my car keys in my hand to defend myself, sure, as a small female, I'm going to be able to fight off a 200 pound male with a key? Why can't I have a gun? That would equalize the playing field, and maybe I have a fair chance of not being raped and killed. Just my opinion.
I've never felt the need to be armed with any weapon to feel safe from people. The idea that somebody needs to be armed to be safe is ridiculous.
I myself am somewhat in favour of the Swiss model, however arming a large amount of civilian's with no previous experience with firearms will do nothing to deter crime. I'm sure if one where to once again compare gun related deaths to any other industrialized country in the world the US is still near or on top. For the job that I want to do once I get out of the military I would feel alot safer knowing that their are fewer guns on the street.