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Originally Posted by Rochard
The recent mall shooting here in the US has me intersted in gun laws in Europe and over all crime stats there. Anyone from Europe have any comments or stats to share?
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This is a complex conversation... as most of western Europe has disarmed their populations for decades/centuries AND it is part of their agenda to indoctrinate their children into believing they are "bad". The US had to arm both the UK and France during WWII. After the war the governments of these nations confiscated the guns. The German armies could not have entered France if they were armed to the teeth (see Switzerland below). It is the mindset of, "Government will clothe, feed, and protect you". If you are threatened by another human, stop, call the police, and wait.
In Switzerland, all males over the age of 18 are part of the militia (no army) and have a fully automatic weapons in the house. Yes, fully automatic military style weapon(s) with thousands of rounds of ammunition. Switzerland does not have the "gun issues" that we have... if you believe we have "gun issues".
The question you should be asking is, "What country in Europe has more people drugged up on anti-depressants and allows these people to have guns?". Almost all of these recent shootings were done by people on Prozac and had access to firearms.
-dd
For full disclosure I have fully automatic machine guns, pistols, shotguns, and rifles. I would not live in a country or state (long term) that banned gun ownership. Guns are not the problem... people are.