Originally posted by Tom Cruise
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As for the proposals by the TS, I guess it'd appeal to the right-wing of your country. It'd create MASSIVE problems for those with Liberal, left-leaning or moderate views who don't want to see guns everywhere. It'd make society just as divisive if not worse.
It'd harm the economy as people who go for family holidays may not want to take their kids to a country where guns are visible to everyone including children. More than 4.5 million Britons visit the United States every year, spending approximately $14 billion. A lot of that is family holidays. I don't speak for everyone, though personally, I spend a lot of time in the US as my girlfriend is American, and i'd flat out refuse to move there if I had to see a gun every second of the day. They are awfully frightening for someone who is used to having a feeling of safety here in the UK.
I guess it's just a social thing. The rest of the world recognises the US is home to a fair few people with these right-wing views, yet these people fail to recognise there are people who think differently, and aren't necessarily wrong. To me, carrying a gun around seems awfully outdated and barbaric. If you feel it necessary to carry a gun to feel safe, then your society needs some serious restructuring. The government really needs to step in there, which you can see in the UK and Europe. But if you're brought up to believe and think guns are just a way of life, it's hard to do anything about it. My prediction is that guns will very slowly and gradually be phased out of fashion, like what happened a few hundred years ago in other places. Obviously it'll be slower in certain places.
Interesting topic, but like someone said before I couldn't really tell how serious this thread was. I'll be shocked if it was actually pretty serious, though I mean if you genuinely call yourself a Capitalist (I don't know you personally, just what comes across from your profile on this thread) and are proud of it enough to call yourself one, then you've probably been brought up in a place where this gun thing is normal hence the right-wing view.
Maybe you're taking the piss out of Capitalism
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