Sir now you are bringing Man behind the Machine. We all know that. All I pointed out is, if you have a gun and you are too much angry at that person, or your child or your life is in danger, what would you do ?
That comes down to self restraint, responsibility, and self control, something one needs to exercise when using/doing anything in his everyday life. Same question can be asked with regards to if one has a kitchen knife and one is angry at someone, or if one's life is in danger or that of his children, what would he do?
Normal citizen can't have their hands on guns for protection while the criminals can get it from anywhere. What do you think people will want, its simple matter of survival. They don't believe in Police too much and they don't want to take chances.
Of course they would want a gun, but the difference between a normal citizen and a convicted criminal is that a law abiding citizen would not use his/her weapon for the wrong reasons. In America once you acquire your firearm it is mandatory to get your gun registered take a training course just as one would for a drivers license.
I agree the gun control law will definitely have effect just like you mentioned the other country. But you do forget the social structure , and threat perception in US and other countries.
Elaborate what you mean by threat perception in the US and other countries. Most of the shootouts and street crimes are carried out by street gangs, for them its a every day life thing, they kill and if they happen to get caught they go to prison, but in prison they only end up with their other "homies" who also get arrested for similar crimes.
You can't compare two countries just like we don't fire AK-47 while other people do during marriages. Still more number of people are killed in India. Here is another instance which support your view.
Which is why i said guns can't kill people on their own, its people who kill people whether by using a gun or any other inanimate object to commit the crime.
Regarding firing AK-47's in the air, that is irresponsible behavior and people who indulge in such should have their guns confiscated and their license suspended for a period of time. Bullets falling down from hundreds of feet are just as dangerous as a bullet straight from the barrel of a gun.
Point is no matter what you have, crimes will happen. But when it comes to choice, a person will rather have a gun in hand and feel secure than doubtful of security forces to protect them.
Exactly.
You are in US but can you present entire picture of US with your experience in NYC ? Generalization is not that easy, demographics matters.
The reason why i gave example of NYC because it is one of the most difficult places to acquire a gun, not that you can't own one legally, however you must have a valid reason to own a gun, for example working in the law enforcement or another occupation that makes you a potential target for attackers, criminals, robbers, etc. Yet the crime rate is high in NYC.
