A Gentleman's Guide to Open Carry

[Ironside]

I would vote for a world where everyone had arms, over the world where only the government and police had them. In my ideal world, mistakes and abuses are less rare, but even absent crime - the government is not to be trusted with absolute power over people.

But it is good to know that Europeans recognize that violent crime doesn't go away when civilian gun ownership is banned. Just the opposite.

That's an overread. Basically a violent criminal will be a violent criminal if all people carry a gun, if only he carry a gun, or if he doesn't carry a gun. But if he doesn't carry a gun, he's less dangerous. Your gun world has people more equal in strength than if only the criminals carries a gun, but the stakes are way more lethal.

Basically, our small time criminals don't carry guns, yours do.

[Sir Moody]

That's an overread. Basically a violent criminal will be a violent criminal if all people carry a gun, if only he carry a gun, or if he doesn't carry a gun. But if he doesn't carry a gun, he's less dangerous. Your gun world has people more equal in strength than if only the criminals carries a gun, but the stakes are way more lethal.

Basically, our small time criminals don't carry guns, yours do.

This effectively sums up my thoughts on Gun control.

With strict gun control in place the vast majority of petty criminals will not be armed - this means petty crime is considerable less dangerous - with no Gun control or with limited gun control any crime could escalate no matter how petty...

In terms of Assault I would much rather be punched in the face than shot...