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Quote by: Chris the Chees  No, a far better country to use as a comparison is the UK. Which has large urban populations and comparable levels of violent crime. |
The UK has some of the strictest gun control laws out of any democracy, so why does it still have lots of violent crime? The UK does have a lot less murders, but it has higher rates of other crimes than the United States. You are more likely to get mugged, assaulted, or your home burglarized in the UK. Despite the gun control laws, the criminals are still using guns for these crimes. I don't think that situation is any better. Where the people are banned from defending themselves, the criminals have no fear.
I don't think banning honest citizens from owning guns is the answer. Criminals will always be able to get guns from the black market. Better to allow people to defend themselves, and work on changing the social ills that cause so much crime in the first place, in my opinion.
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Quote by: Chris the Chees Actually it was more because Switzerland offered Nazi Germany vast economic concessions and provided both the Allies and Axis powers an ideal diplomatic neutral zone. Nazi Germany never invaded because it wasn't in Nazi Germanys interest to invade. |
Someone already asked me about that, and I said:
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You're right, upon reflection I can see I was way oversimplifying there.
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