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Originally Posted by jamesdmanley
how many people enter homes illegally unarmed?
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I don't know about your country, but in the UK, no sensible burglar would carry a gun, because whereas the publishment for burglary might be 6 months in prison, if you were carrying a gun they'd lock you up and throw away the key. I believe there's a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for any crime involving carrying or use of a firearm.
Perhaps, though, it's different in the US because guns are so widely available and used? I don't know - it's literally beyond my capability to imagine what it must be like to live in a society where anyone can own guns. To be honest, the very thought of it terrifies me.
As I said, we live in completely different societies. I guess that what we each have is what we want. I wouldn't like to live in a place where kids seem to routinely go on random shooting sprees for 15 minutes of fame. I see that it's happened again today. I don't want to live in a place like that, I really don't
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Let's just agree to differ about this. I don't think we're going to convince each other of the other's viewpoint, do you?