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most violent crime here and in the UK is between criminals, and rarely ever involves innocent bystanders. It's usually drug addict vs drug addict. 99% of the Sydney shootings are between middle-Eastern crime gangs or bikies (or both at once).
The baseline attitude is very different. I have been told here by members of PP that they feel safe because everyone has access to a hand gun and can use it as a threat against possible trouble.
To us here (and people I have met in the UK, Canada and in fact most other places I have visited that isn't the US) knowing that pretty much no-one has a hand gun about their person means I can be a lot more relaxed in daily life. It's a very different perspective, and one that is not compatible.
If someone waved a hand gun at me and I had one available, I would certainly be pulling mine out and things would undoubtedly escalate from there. Why anyone else with a hand gun would run away just because you produce yours seems a bit counter-intuitive.
I'm not being argumentative here, and I'm not claiming any moral high ground. Simply exploring the topic, because I do find the difference in general attitude quite interesting.
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