xtratabasco wrote:Stopper wrote:xtratabasco wrote:Stopper wrote:So, to protect ourselves from the odd copper in 10,000 who goes on the rampage with a gun, we should all arm ourselves?
odd copper in 10,000
I dont think so, so to
http://www.badcopnews.com and
http://www.copwatch.com and you will see tens of thousands of these criminal cops with guns and they aint so odd.
I had a quick glance at these bizarre websites, and if you're trying to convince me that you get corrupt coppers per se, then there's no need, I know this already.
What I initially said was, that having the odd copper who goes nuts and shoots lots of people indiscriminately, which is in itself - though very tragic - a very, very rare event, and is no reason to think that the general populace taking up arms is a good thing.
The world out there is
not that scary, xtra! Step out in it, once in a while.
well im glad we have the 2nd amendment where I live and your views are in the minority and arent going to be expanded on at any time soon.
cheers

I'm glad I live in a country where the 2nd amendment does not exist, and no gun culture flourishes at all, and my views are very much in the overwhelming majority. The gun murder rate in my country is <100 a year.
On the other hand, you live in a country where gun murders exceed 15,000 a year, and accidental gun deaths are also in the thousands every year. Also, given that US population is only 5x the UK population, the disparity in figures clearly has nothing to do with the populations of your and my countries.
Because I'm an uptight and self-righteous git, though, I'm not laughing.
