Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: A common question to both sides... [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)I have said several times that I would support dismantling the empire (yeah it has been good to me) but keep the active Air Force and Navy at a reasonable size. That does not have anything to do with their views of private ownership. The two are not mutually exclusive.
From what I understand, if you want the fourth gun you simply go get another permit. That said, regardless of laws they buy fewer guns per person for the same reason they buy fewer TVs, cars, DvD players and other junk.
It is also quite common to see people carrying their rifles to shooting competitions like stultzenfests. They hang them on the coat racks in diners. Their version of the NRA is named after William Tell. Even if they liberalized their pistol carry laws, I doubt very few would take advantage of it. Their violent crime is lower than Japan's. Take the Czech Republic for example, a owning permit is also a CCW. Very few actually do.
Growing up in Wyoming, how many people open carried in town? Zero. Pre Faux and CNN, there was no "it bleeds it leads" cable bullshit. That is why people are more afraid of crime even though it is going down. Wyoming and Vermont's murder rates are about the same as Japan and Europe.
As for Neo-Nazies etc., they would go to the Netherlands because the illegal gun trade routes is the same as the drug routes in Europe. That is why the Red Brigade went to Amsterdam to buy guns.
What difference does it make how many guns someone owns? The issue is what they do with it.