I was watching Bowling for Columbine the other day and near the beginning of the film a army figure said?

that the poice or the goverment won't protect you when someone tries to hurt you or ur friends and family and you would need a gun to protect yourself and all Americans do it. Do you agree, explain.

I was watching Bowling for Columbine the other day and near the beginning of the film a army figure said?
I'm English but I remember reading an article in Scientific American years ago in which Americans were asked what was the main reason for owning a gun. The overwhelming response was defence against an intruder.


There was then a break down of what actually happened in homes with guns


People accidentally shot themselves handling their guns


Children shot innocent people with what they thought were toys


People shot family members/friends in the mistaken belief they were intruders


Unarmed intruders got the household gun and used it on the owner


Guns were used in domestic arguments


etc


In effect for every one intruder stopped there were nine collateral fatalities as the result of domestic gun ownership.The article concluded that gun ownership was therefore at best "inefficient" .That was probably15-20 years ago and I know that debate is highly polarised and partisan in the US but it struck me as interesting
Reply:No. If we weren't allowed to have guns murders and suicides would decrease drastically.And when everybody's all like those are your rights as Americans, they don't understand that we live in a much more violent time. I believe only police should be able to have guns. I think in England even the police don't carry guns and their are only like 65 murders a year whereas here in the state their are thousands
Reply:yeah, i do. do you trust the government? the government lies to us EVERY SINGLE DAY. they covered up roswell, they assassinated jfk, they knew about 9/11 before it even happened...do you expect them to protect you?





did you like bowling for columbine? i suggest you go on ebay or you local bookstore and buy Stupid White Men by Michael Moore and go to blockbuster and rent Fahrenheit 9/11 (both by the man that brought you bowling for columbine)
Reply:I agree if you live out in the middle of nowhere (think Devil's Rejects and House of 1000's corpses).


Also in some areas (lapd) it takes them a little longer than expected and you may be forced to take justice into your own hands. In No way is this promoting any kind of violence but when it comes down to it, it is basically survival of the fittest.
Reply:No, we dont need guns. In fact no one needs guns at all. But its people like that, who drive fear into others making them feel like they need guns. I think its from the same movie where it says like, "Violence is happening in America because of the news causing fear into the public." And how cannada has like no violence and their news is all peaceful.
Reply:I disagree. The police do help people who are in danger. It is sad to think how many children have died or killed another person after finding a gun in the house.