Considering the current events I'm beginning to question the ban of weapons in the population...
I'm not talking about a country where there are weapons and you ban them, cause that doesn't work (bad guys don't just hand out their weapons) but about a country where weapons are banned and could be unbanned.
Here are the pros and cons I see in a country with ban on weapons:
-Pros
- Lower murder rate because knife are less deadly
- Less or even no mass shootings and no accidents like "4 year old killed brother playing with dad weapon"
- Less police kills because policemen don't have to be paranoid as 99% of criminals don't have guns
-Cons
- You're completely at the mercy of your government. You can't do anything against it as angry as you can be
- You have to rely solely on state police, which can be great but only if it's efficient
Problem to me is that the submissive state of the population is really a huge red flag. When I see how powerless European citizens are currently...
When you got riots government just increase number of policemen...
Would you support freedom of weapons trade in a European country without weapons? Considering freedom of trade doesn't mean without huge regulations of course.
I still own guns in 9 mm and .308 calibers. And to be frank, I don't need them. The chances I would have to use them are pretty slim.
The only reason you would want to own a handgun or shotgun is for self-defense. But in Canada, self-defense using a handgun would at minimum get you firearms storage violations plus a manslaughter charge. So I don't even think about using them in that situation.
Most likely you will get a 1st-degree murder charge if you kill an intruder in your home.
Long arms can be used for hunting. Which I did when I was younger. I killed many animals unnecessarily, I ate them all. Skinning an animal is a very gruesome process and for what? Meat that tastes like shit? I think hunting is for idiots who just want to kill something. Some 'hunters' don't even eat the animals they kill. They just want the head trophies to compensate for their small appendages.
What guns are useful for is target shooting. You can do that with air or 22lr handguns, no need for .45ACP handguns or 0.50 revolvers.
Rifle long range target practice can be fun and challenging as well.
I participated in IPSC and PPC competitions, reached top classifications in both, after that it was boring, the only change was the level of lead in my blood. One of the reasons I had to stop the hobby.
So I can honestly tell you you don't
need guns.
If you dream about defending yourself against the government, you might as well kill yourself with your own gun. You stand no chance against SWAT or Navy Seals teams. These people train constantly, are physically, mentally fit and can shoot better than most
when shot back.
When 25-50 of such guys swarm your house and you point a gun at them, you will have 3 seconds to drop it or you are dead.
So forget about using guns for self-defense. It is ok to shoot paper when the paper does not shoot back, just monitor your blood lead levels.