What do you think would have happened during the 26/11 attacks if Indians had the right to bear arms?
They would've shredded the idiots into pieces long before NSG would be needed to claim the glory
Do you know what the dozens of people around the Jewish centre did when terrorists hijacked it?
They tried to thwart the terrorists by throwing stones at them and were numbed when the automatic rounds were sprayed on them from inside the building. Yeah that's right, our people were throwing stones at AK47 wielding terrorists.
I'm not talking about rationing Guns to public in wholesale.
Firstly the licensing process is impractically repulsive. Second, there is an urgent need of public awareness and wider national debate on Guns, right of self protection.
Exactly.
Those who will break the law, will break the law, whether gun rights or no gun rights.
But they will piss in their pants if even a probability appears that the potential victim may be armed. Gun is a great force equalizer that gives the innocent civilian a genuine chance to defend him/her self.
A very basic study of crime psychology tells that crime depends on a power equation. Any kind of criminal meticulously evaluates the equation.
Will he outnumber the potential victim?
Will he overpower the potential victim by muscle?
Will he outmaneuver the victim tactically?
Most importantly, will he outgun the victim by weapons?
Only upon getting such factors in his favour the criminal proceeds. How will the outnumbered, overpowered and outmaneuvered common civilian thwart such an attack?
Since all criminals are instinctively driven by self-preservation, existence of legal firearms among law abiding citizens would act as a serious deterrent. The man ought to have means of self protection, otherwise the articles of the constitution of Independent India are mere black figures on a paper.
Random acts of violence including the homicidal ones happen anywhere anytime to anyone, without a prior appointment.
Reminds me of a funny line - "I'd prefer carrying a Gun, a cop is too heavy"
Regards,
Virendra