Well .... maybe, now, the rest of us will have to think twice if any European country ask us to send them our "spare firearms" so they can arm the home guard against a menace.
Come to think of it, they never sent many of the back after WW II was over, did they?
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- Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Gun Control and the UK
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- Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Gun Control and the UK
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"....it is hard to compare because the laws are very different. there is no 2nd Amendment...."
Exactly ! Getting into a UK vs. US statistical slug is kind of like trying to do the apples and oranges comparison. Using US stats if far better (if you're going to use stats at all). DC, NYC and other very restrictive environments offer more salient and relevant crime rise stats. More salient, because they are "local"; more relevant because, in this country, all of us share the 2A.
The 2A is foundational to all of US-specific weapons apologetics. Without it, we could make our case on the basis of argumentation based upon morals, ethics, logic or even theology. Each of those cases are sound and good, but the more we allow ourselves to be distracted from the 2A, the more we tend to slide toward apples and oranges.
Exactly ! Getting into a UK vs. US statistical slug is kind of like trying to do the apples and oranges comparison. Using US stats if far better (if you're going to use stats at all). DC, NYC and other very restrictive environments offer more salient and relevant crime rise stats. More salient, because they are "local"; more relevant because, in this country, all of us share the 2A.
The 2A is foundational to all of US-specific weapons apologetics. Without it, we could make our case on the basis of argumentation based upon morals, ethics, logic or even theology. Each of those cases are sound and good, but the more we allow ourselves to be distracted from the 2A, the more we tend to slide toward apples and oranges.