I don't disagree with the validity of that kind of thinking, if its a dangerous area, you are indeed most likely safer with a gun than without. But owning a gun makes you just as potentially dangerous as the so called gangsters roaming wild. Is a presumably sound minded non-violent individual with no gang affiliation or criminal record as likely to shoot and kill someone? No, but like Slavic wrote, guns serve one purpose only, to do serious harm to or kill other people. The main problem with your situation is that the government and people who enforce the laws do criminally little to clean up the largely unchecked malefactors, much less attempt to alter the social/political standards that allows room for them to exist.
Lol.
You forget I was born and raised in the USA. I am, in fact, entitled to claim I have at least half a soul.......and better chocolate.
You don't need to be rude simply because you can't produce a coherent argument. Your misinterpretation of what I thought was a simply understandable set of my opinions that I offered without any vehemence or condescension is your failing, not mine. I only posted them to get a feel for what other peoples viewpoints on the subject were, not to incur childish and insulting replies from people who need a serious lesson in both basic English reading comprehension and manners. But thats to be expected, I suppose.
While I do believe things with strong conviction, my #1 rule is to never, ever, enforce my ideals or principles on other people, or expect them to think the same way I do. I just wanted a mature exchange of ideas, and a few people gave me just that. I never once asked anyone to change how they think, but too many falsely perceive the contrast to their own opinions as an attack on what they believe, which is a very limited and egotistical of thinking.
