2nd April 2015, 8:29 PM
I read the first page of your link Falcon. A good point brought up is that American citizens are more armed than citizens of other countries. I don't feel like reading the rest, maybe later. How do you feel? I would venture a guess to the pro gun control realm. For myself, I've always been a little divided on gun control. Certainly firearms can be used safely and for good recreation. On the other hand, is the expense worth it? More guns means higher security, as police don't know if their perpetrator has a weapon.
Let's put aside an obvious case like Eric Garner. Let's say that an assailant does not have his hands showing. It takes a keen instinct and quick reflexes to disable a person you think has a weapon. An important objective on top of that is to disable them non-fatally. So perhaps more training in that arena, along with weapons that aren't lethal, like a stun gun and nightsticks. Do cops have hand-to-hand training, or is it mostly firearm?
Some say that less gun control makes crime drop, but I am skeptical of the statistic, having only heard it from an anti-gun-control advocate. One thing is true, guns are so widespread that taking them back would be a tricky, cumbersome task. I bet the NRA loves it when a democrat takes office. They can really jack up the rhetoric. Ammunition sales spike when people think their guns are being taken away. I need to pay attention the next time a democrat takes office and put some stock money into that shit.
Let's put aside an obvious case like Eric Garner. Let's say that an assailant does not have his hands showing. It takes a keen instinct and quick reflexes to disable a person you think has a weapon. An important objective on top of that is to disable them non-fatally. So perhaps more training in that arena, along with weapons that aren't lethal, like a stun gun and nightsticks. Do cops have hand-to-hand training, or is it mostly firearm?
Some say that less gun control makes crime drop, but I am skeptical of the statistic, having only heard it from an anti-gun-control advocate. One thing is true, guns are so widespread that taking them back would be a tricky, cumbersome task. I bet the NRA loves it when a democrat takes office. They can really jack up the rhetoric. Ammunition sales spike when people think their guns are being taken away. I need to pay attention the next time a democrat takes office and put some stock money into that shit.