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JamesCash · 03-26-2008, 14:43 PM

Well, the way I see it, there will always be criminality in modern western society. I guesstimate that in the Netherlands, 99% of the unlawful gun owners are not intending to use their gun against you, me or any other lawabiding citizen.

Whereas the gunlaws in America do not only allow your random propertycriminal/scumbags/deprived teenagers relatively easy acces to firearms. It also makes them more likely to buy guns as they too want to defend themselves against all the guns privately owned. I think this is a sort of vicious circle as the more power the normal people have, the more power the criminals want to have. This power is way over the lethal threshold with firearms.

I'm probably oversimplifying.

03-26-2008, 14:43 PM	#27 (permalink)
JamesCash Regular Join Date: 03-23-08 Location: Utrecht Posts: 98 Country:	Well, the way I see it, there will always be criminality in modern western society. I guesstimate that in the Netherlands, 99% of the unlawful gun owners are not intending to use their gun against you, me or any other lawabiding citizen. Whereas the gunlaws in America do not only allow your random propertycriminal/scumbags/deprived teenagers relatively easy acces to firearms. It also makes them more likely to buy guns as they too want to defend themselves against all the guns privately owned. I think this is a sort of vicious circle as the more power the normal people have, the more power the criminals want to have. This power is way over the lethal threshold with firearms. I'm probably oversimplifying. Last edited by JamesCash : 03-26-2008 at 14:49 PM.