I have no problem with, hunters, sports shooters, and farmers, owning appropriate weapons, but when I use the term 'Gun Nuts", I refer to people who think they should have the right to carry automatic weapons, in public, just because they have not been convicted of a violent criminal offense, because it just smacks of wild west/spy drama fantasy stuff to me.
As far as personal security goes, I really believe that people would be safer with a good security system in the house.
No kids have accidentally killed their little brother, or sister, with a security system.
I firmly believe that guns in the home increase the chance of violent deaths in the home, the opposite of what many pro gun advocates would like us to believe.
Calanen posted a link where people phoned up, reckoned they saved lives, but if you want a real study, with proper credentials, then here is one from five years ago, in the US.
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/160/10/929Their findings?
Guns in the home, increase gun deaths in the home.
Of course I am not surprised, it is only common sense.
The reality of our lives is that if something ugly and violent happens, even if we own guns, we are unlikely to be prepared to combat it in a way we would anticipate, so I totally dismiss the protection scenario, on a widespread basis, I will agree their would be individual circumstances, where some people who may be specifically targeted by criminals, would want to be excluded from any bans, and they could only be determined on a case by case basis.
I think that owning a gun, is not anyone's right, and I never want to see australia consider it as one.
As far as guns for the population, to keep governments in line, well Homer said it best.
"You want the king of england to come into our home and start pushing us around?"
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