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Originally posted by RANDY P
Congratulations to all those who see their environment as a happy, utopian kind of place where gun ownership isn't necessary since everyone is "intelligent".
Wishing I had such an blind, overly optimistic view of the world, life sure would be easer. Tell me how you do it?
rjp
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Live in a city/region/country where you're not gripped by fear, that's how.
Most definitely not everyone around here is "intelligent", regardless of how you may define that, but there's clearly no need for gun ownership for self defence reasons. I've lived in 4 cities now in Ontario and Quebec, both big and small, good and bad neighbourhoods, never have I felt the slightest need for any kind of weapon to defend myself, and I'm sure the vast majority of the population in these cities would agree with me.
I don't think I have an overly-optimistic view of the world, I'm most definitely not blind to crime rates, gangs, criminals, etc. and I most definitely don't live in a utopia of any kind. However I do live in a society without daily fear of crime.