"Yes but because we don't have every joe blow running around with a gun, we don't need to protect ourselves very often."
That's funny. This is probably true but the United States crime rate likely has nothing to do with the availability of legal weapons to legal owners.
I am starting to believe more and more that a lot of the U.S.'s crime rate could be due to the "mixture" of racial and ethnic groups in this country
(aside from, of course, violence induced by drug prohibition). It seems like in every other country where that is an issue the violence is sky high.
Is there a case where there is a significant "mixture" of ethnic groups where the violence is lower than normal or just average? Perhaps the Muslims
in Europe? In a way I would like to discount this "theory" but I can't seem to do so. The premise makes sense to me. Humans are "naturally"
xenophobic stemming from evolutionary processes.
I'm thinking the violence need not necessarily be between two ethnic groups but perhaps the mixture creates conditions that instigate violent
behavior?
Anyway, my point is, I feel PERFECTLY safe in the US with people having guns. I never even worry about it. Why? Because I know that if someone was
going to kill me they would do so with a stolen weapon (whether it was legal or not) and often people are less likely to "mess with" you if you could
potentially have a weapon. I've had people tell me this before (yes, "criminals"). |
