03-06-2008, 12:40 PM
Quote:>I think this is a common misconception. In e.g. Holland, a burglar will 99 out of a 100 times not bring a gun and maybe 90 out of 100 times not even a weapon.
Hey that's great. Maybe you should urge your country to export these gentle burglars to other places.
Aaaa.. we start being 'racist' here? You think our criminals are different than yours?
This is exactly my point, if you break in a house you don't 'need' a gun here, while in the US you will. It is just a question of an amrs race.
You say I want to defend myself, the burglar also says he wants to defend himself (that he is in your house and is the criminal and is responsible is not the question here). So for the point of justice more criminals are killed in the US while 'on the job'....the cost is that more innocent people are also killed. You choose for your way I choose for mine.
About the young inexperienced criminals.....if they say you grab for something they will shoot directly.....the more experienced ones as well by the way. And don't forget often drugs are involved as well.
I mean I travel to the US a lot, I enjoy it there and your system works for you...that's fine for me. I just wanted to say that I think that overal you will have more innocents killed, but you have a better feeling of being able to defende yourself, and that is also valuable......I don't think anyone of us knows how to state which is the most important of the two.