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Originally Posted by RascalPuff  The thematic issue here is what are the causes, effects and possible remedies for the - often denied - epidemic of accelerating domestic violence in America. |
Good point Rascal. The USA seems plagued more than all other western countries with this sort of problem.
I'm no expert on the cause .. America, like Australia had to colonise land where there was no law. Or at least, they did not perceive the existing laws as Law. Therefore they relied on guns, rightly so. But now the time has long past when they should have been put away, a conservative percentage of the population seem reluctant to do so and are apparently skillful lobbyists and salesmen.
I have seen bumper stickers: 'God, Guts & Guns set this country free, lets fight to protect all three.'
Its like one of those drawings where you are asked to count up the number of deliberate mistakes, how many can you see in the statement ?
I think the simple answer to the fact that western societies other than the USA have less violence is that guns are illegal unless you have a permit. A permit is only issued if you have a demonstrable reason to shoot something. A farmer could possibly get a permit to shoot wild boar. A collector can get a permit if the gun has been rendered totally inactive.
Of course this is not a perfect system, but statistically it decreases crimes of violence dramatically.
While the USA argues over its citizens rights to carry guns other countries have simply banned them. It works!
As Lloyd said so well in another post
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Originally Posted by Lloyd Gillespie Hi Tina, yes. If criminals had the right to kill at will, that would be equality of freedom, so I choose liberty, a repression of some freedoms, so all may enjoy reasonable freedoms.
Regards,
Lloyd |
cool bananas ... greg
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