Re: Astonishing growth of the American gun culture in 3 graphs
I'm in the UK - I don't own a gun.
If I get home from work next Tuesday and I catch Mrs.Dreamer at it hard with the postman
- they're both gonna get beaten with my baseball bat - maybe a few fractures might ensue.
But they won't get their heads blown off
And I won't do a life sentence.
I'm not going to venture an opinion as to wether the citizenry of the US should have access to firearms - as I know it evokes very strong responses.
I'll just say that I'm glad to be in the UK
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If I get home from work next Tuesday and I catch Mrs.Dreamer at it hard with the postman
- they're both gonna get beaten with my baseball bat - maybe a few fractures might ensue.But they won't get their heads blown off
And I won't do a life sentence.I'm not going to venture an opinion as to wether the citizenry of the US should have access to firearms - as I know it evokes very strong responses.
I'll just say that I'm glad to be in the UK
.So... let me get this straight.
Because you have murderous tendencies (you can easily kill someone with a blow from a baseball bat), people shouldn't be allowed to own firearms?
I'll just say that I'm glad you are in the UK.
LOL - no - the point I was trying to make was that if I was put in a situation such as that described with Mrs. dreamer (for eg.) and the postman there would be a fair chance I would have a rush of hot blood to my head. It can happen to any of us - don't kid yourself. The difference is for me that I would resort to a cricket bat and not a firearm (I don't actually own a baseball bat - I suppose I only mentioned it cos thats what people seem to have as a last line of defence/protection in their homes, at least in the UK).
I reckon the hot blood could last for maybe 45 seconds - the damage I could do with a cricket bat in 45 seconds is limited (especially since, lets not forget, that the only reason Mrs dreamer is banging the postman in the first place is that he's 3 inches taller, 2 stone heavier (muscle not fat) and 15 years younger than me
) - but with a firearm the 2 of them are gonna end up dead in 40 seconds - leaving me 5 seconds with which to turn the gun upon myself.All for 45 seconds of hot blood.