Guns honestly throw the entire balance out of whack. Guns are intimidating at first being a portable boomstick that can instantly end people with the pull of a trigger and if you dont know it's strengths and weaknesses you're gonna lock up and have no idea what to do.
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The volume of sales is substantial.
Yeah.
This is true for Western countries. The developing world and many Eastern countries will continue to use AK variants for years to come, largely due to costs.
I’ve heard many horror stories about the “Criminal Protection Service.” The UK reality is that if I’m confronted with a stabbing device, I’m not allowed to carry a proper weapon to defend myself with.
Right, so, when are you going to start studying and training?
Once I actually have the money to go to a respectable gym
Sounds like you can get to studying at least.
Why would a criminal stick around, after stabbing someone, let alone keep the weapon.
You train reaction, dueling, or counter-ambushing?
The idea is that there are two paths to walk:
I think he meant that if the police makes a "routine control" of someone, before a crime is comitted but while he is planning a crime, if he is wearing weapons he will get prosecuted simply for wearing it. So those who havce concealed weapons always need to afraid of routine controls by police. In some neighbourhoos where criminmals or criminal activity is common (statistically documented), the police can in some countries have a right to control you before a crime is comitted. We see this coming also here. The purpose of this is to prevent crime, and make life for criminals difficult.
This is an entirely intellectual and theoretical proposition. Even societies which are heavily armed by default, don’t have this “tension” issue. You have a “balance of power” arrangement, in which no one attacks anyone outside of social violence (someone violated cultural rules). When predatory attacks do happen, they are generally carefully planned to mitigate risks.
People will always find a way to arm themselves, if they perceive a threat, and don’t believe in the authorities ability to resolve the issue. This is well documented going back at least 1000 years.
Criminals use spotters to avoid those things, and if they have to, they get creative with hiding weapons.
That "balance of power" implies a tension by definition, as the balance is maintained by more and more force.
My point was that people who live in such societies aren’t afraid of each other being armed. They know that as long as they follow the rules in their culture, they’ll be fine. The idea that balance is maintained through democratic discourse is an entirely middle to upper class American and European concept. That is not how the world works past the fence.
Agreed.
Agreed.
