If I get a reply to this then I think it will be something along the lines of that I have no right to an opinion on it, since I'm not American, but I am completely anti-guns except in one's own home, the millitary (and I hate most millitaries anyway...insert unoriginal responce here) and the police in dire situations (the tazer should do normally, though over here, even that is for a special situation). However, in places where cillivans cannot carry guns (and there are no disgusting gun shops), there are far less shootings or crime relating to them, obiviously.
There is far more knife crime, though. However, at least a knife is easier to handle and is less cowardly. Well, it is still cowardly to take up arms against someone without them, but how many criminals have true morals? You must go close to someone, whereas using a gun makes it far more easy to kill someone, regardless of the victim's skill or body shape. I just want to understand why guns are fine, but meelee weapons are disallowed.
Anyone goes for your home, though, as I said. That's your domain, your family, your possessions (shallow, I know). Over here, you can be placed in prison for using violence to defend your home or place of business, or even just having weapons in your home. That is going too far. Standard security systems can only do so much. Much as I hate to say this, as it makes me seem so weak) a skinny midget like me is really going to be able to fend off some knife or hammer wielding arsehole with my bare hands. I'm really going to hide away (well, I would call the police, obliviously) like some damsel-in-distress while some cunts ransack my home. Yes, I know how stupid that is. I may hate guns, but I could betray my morals for such a situation.