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Originally posted by Manufest
Perhaps for your own safety, in the us u may need to carry a gun, but, i've never seen any need to here in Canada, and the laws are way more strict here about who owns guns, how they are kept, unloaded and locked unless you're at a shooting range etc.
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I think that when it comes down to it, Americans are just plain ol' violent. Violence has been a part of our culture since its inception. If you were to succesfully take guns away from American citizens, (and I think that would be impossible, especially from those who would use them for nefarious purposes) Americans, or at least some of them, would be going at it with knives, clubs, or anything else they could get their hands on. The willingness to settle disputes with violence is something that this country definitely needs to chill out with. I mean, most Swiss households are armed with weapons that the average US citizen could never own, and they don't go around killing each other near as much. However, living in the US, I do own, and at times, carry firearms for protection. Aside from it being a Constitutional right, I am the one ultimitely responsable for my own protection, not the government. The job of the police force is to enforce laws. Until they give me my own personal Secret Service detail, I am the one who must defend myself. Thats why I train in the types of martial arts I do, and that's why I own guns. That, and I really do enjoy shooting and hunting, when I can find time to go. I posed the question because I wanted to see how much crossover there was between the MA and Gun communities. Being involved in both, I find distain on both sides for the other among certain members, martial arts looking down on firearms as simple and mindless, and gun people with the "I don't need to know karate, I know .45" attitude. I find this peculiar, because we have a common goal: protecting ourselves.