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Originally Posted by Tinordi
How is it that the country with the highest GDP per capita in the world is also somehow populated by what seems to be the most superstitious and irrational people in the western world?
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We're feisty.
As far as all the talk about banning guns, its never ever going to happen. The current administration has done literally NOTHING towards that goal, but try telling that to someone on the right. Its "widely known" that Obama hates guns, with no real evidence to back it up. Imagine if there WERE evidence. Any government that actually tried to collect some of the 200 MILLION+ guns that the FBI estimates are privately owned in America will instantly be run out of office, or worse, start major civil unrest/war.
That said, there is a lot we can do about smart gun control. The problem with that is we have this little group called the NRA that takes any limit on gun ownership whatsoever and makes it into the worst thing in the world. On the other side you have liberals that ban assault weapons based mostly on the fact that they look scary, while allowing hunting rifles with similar capabilities. Seriously, having a bayonet lug or a carry handle on your rifle played a part in whether it was legal or not for a while. So as in most American political issues, we have to sides that are so far apart that the silent majority in the middle doesn't really have anyone to turn to.