To make a long story short, I'll do a comparison.
I'm from Brazil, gun control at its best.
You need a license to own a firearm, you can only a certain number of them, and have to be of small caliber(.38 max)
To get a license, you go thrugh a background check, safety class/test, shooting test, and a psycologycal test. Well....seems like paradise right? WRONG!
Criminals are armed to the teeth, and worse....they're not afraid of the people or the cops...why? They know they cannot defend themselves! And because firearms are almos impossible to get legally, people can't do much to change it, and the bad guys profit from selling them in the "underground".
The result is inocent people owning guns illegaly, illegal hunt is at its peak(since it is agains the law to even hurt any form of living creature...yes...even the flowers that grandma has), criminals armed better than the armed forces, and a population strugling with criminality rates higher than ever.
I'll probably never use my firearm agains anyone....but just the fact I have them keeps a lot of people from "bugging" me.
Just as a final word...in the us is against the law to drink under 21....in Brazil is not....I've never seen so many teenagers drunk as I've seen in the US. On the same way it fells important and cool to have a firearm in Brazil, it is cool to drink to show you're old to your friends....let it be free, and it does not becomes an issue anymore.
Control guns....I don't think so....control the pople who own guns yes. you need a license to hunt, might as well get one to own a gun.
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To make a long story short, I'll do a comparison. I'm from Brazil, gun control at its best. You need a license to own a firearm, you can only a certain number of them, and have to be of small caliber(.38 max) To get a license, you go thrugh a background check, safety class/test, shooting test, and a psycologycal test. Well....seems like paradise right? WRONG! Criminals are armed to the teeth, and worse....they're not afraid of the people or the cops...why? They know they cannot defend themselves! And because firearms are almos impossible to get legally, people can't do much to change it, and the bad guys profit from selling them in the "underground". The result is inocent people owning guns illegaly, illegal hunt is at its peak(since it is agains the law to even hurt any form of living creature...yes...even the flowers that grandma has), criminals armed better than the armed forces, and a population strugling with criminality rates higher than ever. I'll probably never use my firearm agains anyone....but just the fact I have them keeps a lot of people from "bugging" me. Just as a final word...in the us is against the law to drink under 21....in Brazil is not....I've never seen so many teenagers drunk as I've seen in the US. On the same way it fells important and cool to have a firearm in Brazil, it is cool to drink to show you're old to your friends....let it be free, and it does not becomes an issue anymore. Control guns....I don't think so....control the pople who own guns yes. you need a license to hunt, might as well get one to own a gun.