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   From: nospam@spamless.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 22 May 2017 16:20:33 +0100, GB    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 22/05/2017 15:38, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   >> But not in the UK/EU where you permit the criminal to kill   
   >> you all the while claiming the moral high ground.   
   >   
   >As the USA has 46 times the gun deaths per head of population, could you   
   >kindly explain your standing for lecturing us about this?   
   >   
   >On the face of it, you lot have got it completely wrong and us lot have   
   >got it completely right.   
      
   I'm a Brit, but I lived in Texas for a few months in the 1980s, and I   
   can kind of understand both perspectives.   
      
   I don't want to see more guns (especially handguns) in the UK, but   
   perhaps it's happening anyway.   
      
   In Texas, guns seemed to be everywhere.  I read about shootings, in   
   the papers and was worried for a while.  But eventually I realised   
   that it wasn't random chance: it actually seemed pretty safe providing   
   you didn't (a) get involved with drugs and gangs; or (b) mess around   
   with someone's wife.   
      
   I wouldn't carry a gun myself, but I felt pretty safe when there were   
   a lot of people around me with guns.  There have been school   
   shootings, but I've never heard of a shooting at a monster truck rally   
   or some other place where a large percentage of people are carrying.   
      
   The problem is when you get wolves with guns amongst the sheep   
   without.  That scares me a lot more than being around a lot of people   
   with guns, because I'll be one of the sheep.   
      
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