I lived in Germany and it was a beautiful country and I would not wish the freedom of gun violence upon you.

This post was edited by Skinned on Mar 14 2018 10:23am

neither do I.

but the situation in germany and the united states cant be compared. guns are not widespread in germany, even most small-time criminals dont have guns. and germany is much more densely populated, so that the police will be there much more quickly and reliably than in rural america. overall, this means that private gunownership is much more necessary for self-defense in the US than in Germany.

thats why I support the rather tight gun laws here in Germany, while I at the same time support the 2nd amendment in the united states, even though this might look like a contradictory position.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Mar 14 2018 10:53am

I lived in Schweinfurt for just over two years and became friends with a lot of locals and even cross trained with your army, where we taught each other our weapon platforms and qualified on range with them to get a cool special award on the class A uniforms

I almost stayed. I remember getting in a lot of fist fights with Russians and Turks there though for talking to their girls. Lol. To be young and dumb again.

I went to the Love Parade in 98 and 99. Mayday 99. I got to visit a lot of other nations when I lived in Europe but Germany was my favorite. The people were so kind. When I broke my neck I was officially transferred to a German hospital for care and they treated me like family also. I remember a little furry man was my roommate he would always wear Speedos but he was very kind and he would bring me in home cooked food from his family. This family also brought me in reading material in English, compared to the Gunner on my tank crew who bought me a German Playboy.

LOOOL!

but I'm glad to hear you had a good time in Germany
and yes, love parade 98, 99, those were the best times we ever had.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Mar 14 2018 11:06am

Population density don't seem to matter much for Australia and Iceland... gun density on the streets is a different story.

GERMS ARE RACIST

Hehe this makes my meme better



No one deserves gewalts of waffen

This post was edited by tonerbond on Mar 14 2018 01:01pm

well, urbanization might be the true steering variable here. both iceland's and australia's population are very urbanized, so that the vast majority of them lives in densely populated areas, while the largest part of the country is entirely empty. in the united states, by contrast, you have vast rural regions that are populated, and the people in those rural regions cant count on quick reaction times from the police like the urbanites.

meanwhile in reality, norway or canada for example have similar urbanisation rates as the usa (and significantly lower population density). no matter how you're trying to justify your doublethink, statistically it doesn't make any sense whatsoever...

what I laid out is a possible justification for keeping liberal gun laws. what you refer to are reasons for differences in gun violence between these countries.