Reply To: THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS
I rarely see anything resembling a gun, despite Vermonts open carry laws. I’ve been trying to be as open minded as I can regarding this potential, but I just never see people with firearms.
I suspect that most people who have the right to open carry AND have a gun, still don’t open carry them and mostly don’t even take them out of their home. Their real reason for having them is to defend the castle should it come to that.
Also, as I pointed out, there are probably far fewer gun owners than the number of guns per capita might make one think due to the fact that some people collect guns or keep a private stockpile. If you go into the grocery store and there are 40 other people there along with you, there might not be a single person with a gun in the entire store.
I do find it extraordinary that in the USA you have to be 21 years old to drink alcohol yet only 18 years old to buy a gun.
There’s no constitutional right in the US guaranteeing your right as an adult to buy alcohol. In fact, there are so-called “dry” counties where nobody can legally sell or buy alcohol. They are rare, but they exist.
