Kleck actually making some sense on lenient gun laws

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31. I don't buy the DGU numbers at all

The vast majority are brandishings, which I don't consider defensive by any stretch of the imagination. All gun use against the person of another is offensive by definition. It may well be justified, especially if the aggressor is armed with a gun, but it is still offensive. The routine carrying of handguns is a failed policy from the start and will never lead to a solution for society, only the individual.
The eastern European thugs in the US are a mere blip on the radar, blending in to an already gun infested culture. In the UK they are a relatively new phenomenon.
The porous borders are hardly a conduit for guns coming into the US. They flow south to supply the drug cartels south of the border and a few flow north to supply the few Canericans who prefer the Userican way.
Carrying a handgun around may serve the odd individual well, but not the public. It really is that simple.
I am not anti-gun, just anti-stupidity. Guns have there place and it is unfortunate that the UK imposed such harsh restrictions. Unfortunate, but necessary.