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**lrtoinbert** · 06-05-2010, 05:14 AM

I was more speaking about other countries with restrictive gun laws.

Do you think that the United States is unlike those other countries culturally speaking?

Why do their gun laws work? Do you think it's because there has never been legal guns in those countries?

Probably. Switzerland mandates gun ownership - and, until very recently, fully-automatic weapons - and is the safest industrialized country.

There WERE legal guns in many of these countries, but gun restrictions - ranging from virtually nothing to very strict - started earlier in most. In fact, prior to the 1996 U.K. gun ban, many guns banned by our 10-year ban on so-called "assault weapons" were legal there i.e. the law did not distinguish between a semi-auto 9mm Uzi pistol and a common 9mm pistol.

However, the evidence suggest the gun laws in other countries may NOT be working, hence Britain's unenviable lead in violent crime.

06-05-2010, 05:14 AM	#19
lrtoinbert Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 380 Senior Member	I was more speaking about other countries with restrictive gun laws. Do you think that the United States is unlike those other countries culturally speaking? Why do their gun laws work? Do you think it's because there has never been legal guns in those countries? Probably. Switzerland mandates gun ownership - and, until very recently, fully-automatic weapons - and is the safest industrialized country. There WERE legal guns in many of these countries, but gun restrictions - ranging from virtually nothing to very strict - started earlier in most. In fact, prior to the 1996 U.K. gun ban, many guns banned by our 10-year ban on so-called "assault weapons" were legal there i.e. the law did not distinguish between a semi-auto 9mm Uzi pistol and a common 9mm pistol. However, the evidence suggest the gun laws in other countries may NOT be working, hence Britain's unenviable lead in violent crime.
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