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Guns. Woken up to 2 news stories here in the UK.
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 662963" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Nobody needs a concealed weapon. If you're going to have a weapon, it needs to be out in the open. First, because visibility is part of the "safety factor" that people love to go on about. And second, because it's only fair - and most people in western democracies expect some degree of level playing field.</p><p> </p><p>There isn't any practical way to make two different sets of laws, but there are two totally different needs - yes, even up here in Canada. City vs. country, urban vs. rural. You don't need a raft of guns - or knives, or any other weapon - in the city. It's in the city that you tend to get the mass-murder attempts, because that's where masses of people are. In the city, some level of gun control makes sense. In the country? We depend on our guns (yes, even in Canada). Coyotes. Rampaging moose. And a few other varmints. But in the country, we KNOW everybody. We know who has guns, we know who hunts, we know who fights with his wife... and we know that YOU are not one of US - which automatically makes us wary. We have a degree of safety in the country that can never happen in the city.</p><p> </p><p>Return to city-states, and let the rest of us live in peace? (not gonna happen but... )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 662963, member: 11791"] Nobody needs a concealed weapon. If you're going to have a weapon, it needs to be out in the open. First, because visibility is part of the "safety factor" that people love to go on about. And second, because it's only fair - and most people in western democracies expect some degree of level playing field. There isn't any practical way to make two different sets of laws, but there are two totally different needs - yes, even up here in Canada. City vs. country, urban vs. rural. You don't need a raft of guns - or knives, or any other weapon - in the city. It's in the city that you tend to get the mass-murder attempts, because that's where masses of people are. In the city, some level of gun control makes sense. In the country? We depend on our guns (yes, even in Canada). Coyotes. Rampaging moose. And a few other varmints. But in the country, we KNOW everybody. We know who has guns, we know who hunts, we know who fights with his wife... and we know that YOU are not one of US - which automatically makes us wary. We have a degree of safety in the country that can never happen in the city. Return to city-states, and let the rest of us live in peace? (not gonna happen but... ) [/QUOTE]
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