Look at other countries. I'm sure you can find babies and mothers murdered by knives and clubs.
Guns allow old people in wheelchairs and young women to defend themselves against even the strongest of attackers. Those people would be utterly helpless against someone with a knife in a country where guns are illegal.
No no you misunderstand Spike, i have no problem with responsible gun use (as demonstrated in Canada) but realize that most of the murders by gun committed here are with either stolen guns or ones that have been cleared of their #s.
And to the person above me yes i apologize for saying "us americans" when i don't even fall into the category as well, poor use of rhetoric and i apologize.
Bottom line it would seem that the US is a little more sadistic than others, we are among one of the only few countries that in prison males have consensual and non consensual sex, that's really not a common occurrence in other parts of the world.
Best reference i could point anyone to is "The Lucifer Effect" a book written by the extremely credible Frank Zimbardo, which takes a look at how every human has the potential to be an "angel" or a "demon". The Abu Gharib (sorry if spelled wrong) Chapter is maybe the most horrifying of all, definitely worth the read.
