Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Assault Weapons Ban supporter wins presidency, crushing NRA-backed right-winger!!! [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)Civil liberties are not something to be done away with, and to suggest otherwise is the direct antithises of liberal and democratic lines of thought. The difference between America and the rest of the "First world countries" in regards to homicide rate is that America, moreso than the rest of the countries considered first world, consists of massive geographical, class-based and race-based differences. Looking through the list of some other first world countries, America stands out and alone as far as diversity among said lines go; the class lines are deeper, the race lines are stronger, the geographical divide is similarly massive, and only in America do you find urban centers as populous and densely packed, which brings up the psychological and social aspects of humankind living in close proximity. The comparison, while idealistic and perhaps almost naive, between first world countries and America cannot hold up given even a moderate amount of scrutiny of the overall composition and makeup of the country as a whole.
But I'll state my first sentence again, because it's important.
Civil liberties are not something to be done away with, and to suggest otherwise is the direct antithises of liberal and democratic lines of thought.