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America gets a lot of heat for its gun laws...

But keep in mind these 2 interesting details...

The USA has one of the longest running constitutional sovereignties the world has ever seen.

Perhaps the check of an armed citizenry has kept the government from running amuck as they tend to do every 100 years or so...

No invading armed force has ever reached our shores since the war of 1812.

Even if the us government infrastructure were to completely fail, any conquering army would have a major issue with completing a campaign with boots on the ground.

You might think these possible scenarios are far and away, but that’s just the point. An armed citizenry keeps these scenarios far and away.

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Americans aren't normal.
They lie about their history and then celebrate those lies every year in the form of 'Holidays'.
They tolerate a constitution that means nothing to the poorest amongst them. But those who aren't so poor, just love to shove it down everybody else's throat when their behaviour hiding behind it is questioned, and they need to feel justified.
The anything for a Buck mentality means nothing is sacred. Not even a child sat in class at school.
And so their murders occur frequently. Their prisons grow ever larger. They kill more of their own every year via new and interesting ways to put prisoners to death. And the worst amongst them become politicians and insist that this is the right thing to do.

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SW-User

@MichaelJT that is such a weak pathetic argument lol. Many of the knife crime victims are actually teenage gang members and not innocents. And dozens...hardly the thousands you lot manage to kill every year. But hey carry on justifying your right to a gun...and I'll live in relative safety laughing at you.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@SW-User Forget it. This guy hides behind no photo; a fake age and is probably just another troll.

InOtterWords · F

@MichaelJT when it's in Britain it's a knife issue, when in America it's not a gun issue. However, you should see the initiatives already being put in place following this current spate of knife crime. I'm so glad the government in Britain takes action

GardenSage · 36-40, M

@Picklebobble2 you sure made a point of pointing out the negative...

Americans are also the scapegoats of everyone else’s problems... whether we deserve it or not. Relish in that luxury.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@GardenSage How on earth do you figure that ?

GardenSage · 36-40, M

@Picklebobble2 you know it’s true... you secretly envy us so however you can find ways to take us down a notch it makes you feel better about yourself.

You just can’t help but stick your nose in our business to tell us how to live our lives...

So here you are... I a
Have no fucking clue where you’re from and nor do I care but you sure care a lot about what you don’t know about us.

Get a life.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@GardenSage I have a life. And so do you ! The kids attending school also have one ! Until some idiot walks in with a gun !

GardenSage · 36-40, M

@Picklebobble2 it’s ironic that a place that doesn’t have guns is so vulnerable.

When’s the last time someone shot up a police station?

My point is extreme to counter yours, but guns aren’t the issue. Mental health is.

Banning firearms will make the USA a more dangerous place because we have a different dynamic than you do... which is why you don’t have the fortitude to understand the situation.

Sorry, but butt out.