tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post114168078413378864..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: More Links ...Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1141730686688621242006-03-07T11:24:00.000+00:002006-03-07T11:24:00.000+00:00fdm,There are places where there are lots of guns ...fdm,<BR/><BR/>There are places where there are lots of guns and little gun crime (Canada, Switzerland), places with lots of guns and lots of gun crime (South Africa), places with hardly any (legal) guns and a fair bit of gun crime (UK), and perhaps other bits of the world with few legal guns and little crime that I just don't know about.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, point is, I think sensible gun use is very much a cultural thing. I don't know what share of drive-by shootings in urban US are the work of legally-owned firearms, but clearly widespread gun ownership is no deterrent to crime there. Whereas in Mark Steyn's part of New England, there are apparently lots of guns and no one bothers to lock their doors.<BR/><BR/>I can't help thinking that, culturally, more of Britain resembles East LA than upstate New Hampshire.<BR/><BR/>YaffleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1141726725667888262006-03-07T10:18:00.000+00:002006-03-07T10:18:00.000+00:00Laban you're making a fundamental mistake, pulling...Laban you're making a fundamental mistake, pulling the government out of law and order doersn't mean privatising it in the way you suggest.<BR/><BR/>Simply allowing and encouraging the law abiding to purchase weapons for use in defence of self and property would do much.<BR/><BR/>fdmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com