Change Your Gun Laws, America
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Yes, a lot of European countries have a strict gun legislation, except from Scandinavia, in particular Finland and Norway. Why be this the case? Why do European countries need a strict gun legislation? I think we need to have a closer look at the European societies before we can say anything on the matter. Most European countries are centralized. State rights are not like in the US, and legislation is solely a matter for central authorities. If Gov says to put a ban on guns, then there will be a ban on guns. Simple as that. Now, the next question should be; why would Gov put a ban on guns? Nobody is putting a ban on anything just for the sake of it. Well, the answer is not a very pleasant one. Europe has always been a great admirer of of controlling people. Keep in mind, the folks who emigrated to America, were often people that didn't want to submit to that. If people are free to bear arms, control will be difficult. I think this a part of the anti gun agenda.
Why be this not the case in Scandinavia? I think this is because the Scandinavian countries are rural societies, where guns have always been a natural part of everyday life. Buying a gun in i.e. Norway dont require much effort, and a lot of people owns several guns. Another reason is that Norwegians dont trust central authorities much, and there's always a lot of nagging between central and rural parts.
My impression is that the European way is coming to the US these days...
Why be this not the case in Scandinavia? I think this is because the Scandinavian countries are rural societies, where guns have always been a natural part of everyday life. Buying a gun in i.e. Norway dont require much effort, and a lot of people owns several guns. Another reason is that Norwegians dont trust central authorities much, and there's always a lot of nagging between central and rural parts.
My impression is that the European way is coming to the US these days...
I'm just not getting why some people think America is the only free country! We are a democracy, and part of our value system includes caring for the less fortunate. And caring for the less fortunate has a lot of implications. Like curbing violent gun deaths by not allowing guns. Like letting the police take care of the criminals, sometimes to the detriment of the police! As Canadians, we have no wish to bring back mass access to guns. We live in the 21st century, not the 18th! As for hunters, no one has taken away their rights to hunt. Except the are required to get a license for the gun and for hunting and obey provincial laws with regards to hunting seasons and property laws.
We we have the freedom to live without being killed by gunshot! It doesn't get much better than that!
But I think Max has a very important point about abortion. We do not protect our unborn in Canada any more than Americans do! And what a holocaust! Perhaps as Christians, this is a much more important cause, (if we need a cause) to be fighting. Sort of like we are being more upset over the art the Nazis stole, than the Holocaust!
We do need to get our priorities right with regards to stopping abortions, which affect the hidden innocent in numbers too large to contemplate!
We we have the freedom to live without being killed by gunshot! It doesn't get much better than that!
But I think Max has a very important point about abortion. We do not protect our unborn in Canada any more than Americans do! And what a holocaust! Perhaps as Christians, this is a much more important cause, (if we need a cause) to be fighting. Sort of like we are being more upset over the art the Nazis stole, than the Holocaust!
We do need to get our priorities right with regards to stopping abortions, which affect the hidden innocent in numbers too large to contemplate!
It never ceases to amaze me why some people seem to think that violence committed with a firearm is somehow worse than violence committed with something else. The assumption seems to be that getting rid of firearms, or trying to with laws will automatically reduce violence in any nation.
It also never ceases to amaze me that some people think that by merely enacting a law against something will force the compliance of the masses. Under Australian law, the average citizen cannot own a gun here except for sporting/hunting purposes, and with a special license. That doesn't mean people don't own them illegally anyway, or that crimes don't happen with them.
At the place I currently work, one of the employees was held up by someone with a crossbow (not legal either). How is this less bad than a firearm?
It also never ceases to amaze me that some people think that by merely enacting a law against something will force the compliance of the masses. Under Australian law, the average citizen cannot own a gun here except for sporting/hunting purposes, and with a special license. That doesn't mean people don't own them illegally anyway, or that crimes don't happen with them.
At the place I currently work, one of the employees was held up by someone with a crossbow (not legal either). How is this less bad than a firearm?
America is certainly not the only free country. America has fallen behind in many key ways, especially in regards to economic and entrepreneurial liberties.
But, as the late Charlton Heston said:
"Every time our country stands in the path of danger, an instinct seems to summon her finest first — those who truly understand her.
"When freedom shivers in the cold shadow of true peril, it's always the patriots who first hear the call.
"When loss of liberty is looming, as it is now, the siren sounds first in the hearts of freedom's vanguard. The smoke in the air of our Concord bridges and Pearl Harbors is always smelled first by the farmers, who come from their simple homes to find the fire, and fight, because they know that sacred stuff resides in that wooden stock and blued steel -- something that gives the most common man the most uncommon of freedoms.
"When ordinary hands can possess such an extraordinary instrument, that symbolizes the full measure of human dignity and liberty. That's why those five words issue an irresistible call to us all, and we muster. So -- so, as, ah, we set out this year to defeat the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to say those fighting words for everyone within the sound of my voice to hear and to heed -- and especially for you, Mister Gore: From my cold dead hands!"
But, as the late Charlton Heston said:
"Every time our country stands in the path of danger, an instinct seems to summon her finest first — those who truly understand her.
"When freedom shivers in the cold shadow of true peril, it's always the patriots who first hear the call.
"When loss of liberty is looming, as it is now, the siren sounds first in the hearts of freedom's vanguard. The smoke in the air of our Concord bridges and Pearl Harbors is always smelled first by the farmers, who come from their simple homes to find the fire, and fight, because they know that sacred stuff resides in that wooden stock and blued steel -- something that gives the most common man the most uncommon of freedoms.
"When ordinary hands can possess such an extraordinary instrument, that symbolizes the full measure of human dignity and liberty. That's why those five words issue an irresistible call to us all, and we muster. So -- so, as, ah, we set out this year to defeat the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to say those fighting words for everyone within the sound of my voice to hear and to heed -- and especially for you, Mister Gore: From my cold dead hands!"