[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

Bill Graham wrote:

No. I live in a country where they make laws against carrying guns,
and where only honest people obey the law, so the only ones who carry
guns are the dishonest ones. Except, of course those few honest ones
who have some common sense. (and thank God for us)

There is a simple correlation between number of guns and number of people
dead from gunshots.

The old nickname for guns was the, "equalizer". This was because they
made everyone equal. A little old lady had the capability of blowing
away a 6 foot 20 year old man. In a country where there are no
equalizers, the 6 foot 20 year olds can dominate everyone else.

In the Wild West History book I have, methinks it is a translation of a US
written book, the civilizing started with prohibiting wearing guns in the
street in the cities of the wild west. Creating and maintaining the state
violence monopoly is an important part of civilization.

That said the state cowardice in maintaining the state violence monopoly
when it is challenged does seem to be changing the attitude to having
readily usable weapons in the home over here.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen