I have lived in several places around the world. I don't think if the US as more dangerous. I think it appears that it is more dangerous because of the media and because we have, generally speaking, more centers of high concentrated people. Any time you put millions of people in a small area you will find crazies. And I don't think that you can blame it on guns. Take the UK and Canada as examples.. they outlawed handguns (or make the laws extreamly prohibitive) and the rates of murder and violent crime with a weapon did not lower.. they just changed weapons. Last I heard there was a movement in the UK to outlaw all knives longer then 2 or 3 inches. I could go on and get into the same-old rhetoric that has been tossed about a hundred times but I will leave it at this.. I have been a legal card-carrying concealed pistol holder and have rarely been without a sidearm. I have yet to pull a gun on a person. But, I am prepared to do as upon threat to myself or my family. Does that make me a violent criminal?
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