Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25330335-20150925013231/@comment-27723099-20151003030950

I simply can't imagine to participate in a shooting. That's something for policemen but not for normal civilians. The police is trained to deal with that and, more important, to decide when it's appropriate to use a gun. Even the police in Germany fears to use their guns, and if they use it, then only to disable the target instead of killing it, if possible. If civilists would participate in gunfights, they would not follow the policies that a policeman learns, and in effect there would be far more casualties.

There are many different types of criminals, and you can't generalise them. One type are harmless people who got in big trouble (be it debts, drug addiction, or whatever) and see crime as their last chance. They are usually very bad organised and don't have access to illegal stuff, like guns. They are not very dangerous. Professional criminals are much rarer but much more dangerous. A gun wouldn't help to protect you against them; it would rather make them more dangerous for you.

In a lad where guns are banned, people who have guns are much more powerful. They can threaten others to do anything. But the big difference is, nobody is really shot. It's like taking a hostage. You are safe because you could kill it, but you wouldn't kill it because then you would loose your safety.

That was an insight on my german view on guns.