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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
And, looking at it from the other side of the spectrum, I simply do not understand this fascination with (having the "right" to own/)owning guns.
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I fear that's a peculiarly English view (maybe other parts of Europe also). I've only ever fired a gun once in my life - a rifle at Sea Scouts as a youngster and it scared the living crap out of me. Since then I have never held, handled, fired or had the opportunity to fire a gun. I have seen them carried by the police, but never in the hands of a private citizen. In the UK you're far more likely to be attacked with a bottle or a pint glass than a loaded gun anyway (no data on this, but it's been my experience that these are the weapons of choice. The scar above my left eye is my proof for this). We have a completely different reaction to guns than our American counterparts, and a separate cultural heritage. It is no wonder that the gun is alien to us, as it's not part of that culture.
I don't like guns either, but I wonder how my opinion would be if I were an American citizen living in a gun culture? I'm not too fond of pint glasses either.
