Originally posted by dalem
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Those that have had licence applications turned down on psychiatric grounds should automatically have a police record.
It's not a solution. It reduces the problem. There is no "solution".
Gunnut's previous comments were interesting, claiming living in isolation in the countryside as a good reason to own a gun. It's not unique. Millions of people in similar societies live isolated in the UK, Canada, Aus. We live 25miles from the nearest full time manned police station. Cops here aren't even armed. Break-ins are not uncommon, but always stealthy, never armed. We have never felt the need to own a gun. We are not at risk.
However, living in similar isolation in the US I would probably feel safer with a gun, because the risk of armed threat, prepared to shoot first, is much greater, and that in turn is because homeowners have guns. Its a cycle that's difficult to reverse.
Even if it was potentially reversible and you could become as safe as a UK citizen, it wouldn't happen, because Americans like their toys too much.
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