Out of the countless of policies and law enforcements I dislike, detest and wish to abolish, the 2nd Amendment of the United States of Americas Constitution. So many times have I argued that it should be removed, and gun regulations should be enforced in the US, and I have often discussed this with Americans. They all disagree with me, because they have the legal right to bear arms. And I keep telling them that guns do nothing but kill and hurt other people. As counterargument, they say – “what if somebody breaks into my house in the middle of the night with a gun and I won’t be able to protect myself?”
This is where no one can argue. I had my house broken into on several occasions, one time I was home. The thief didn’t carry weapons, and when I noticed her I told her to leave. She did. But I wasn’t comfortable either. And when I heard that Switzerland allowed guns, my argument was completely gone. How could I keep the Americans from killing each other?
Then I noticed something embarissingly obvious. Mentality. Americans have a higher tendency to murder each other brutally than the Swiss. With the ability to kill comes responsability – now put down the guns, and stop killing each other – the whole religion thing, you know ‘thou shall not kill’ and ‘thou shall turn thy cheek to the other side,’ is a better idea. Just don’t go to the extremes.
Extremes … that’s another rant.
In a free fall toward the skies 