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And yet somehow there are dozens of wealthy, peaceful, democratic nations around the globe that practice strict gun control, whose citizens are not armed to the teeth, and yet manage to survive with far fewer murders per capita than do Americans.
Vast populations of psychotics in those countries, do you suppose???
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Perhaps, but that's not the point. Demographically, the U.S. would probably have more murders anyway, we're not exactly a Denmark or a Switzerland in terms of the people who inhabit the country. Hell, we're not even a France. The argument for having a gun in your home is not found in the "larger" picture, which is blury at best, considering no two nations are alike, but when the burly robber has kicked in your door and is threatening your life. In that case, I'd prefer even the chance of properly defending myself to the fate that awaits me in the however long it takes for police to respond. In this case, I find it unlikely that you'd find comfort in that you'd have been less likely to be murdered in a country without guns if you had lived.