Comments on: What Should they Do?

By: maciek

maciek — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:19:36 +0000

It is all about mentality. Guns are part of American culture. Owning a gun is so common in America whereas in other countries only sight of a gun itself is a big deal.
So for sure I can not imagine that any law that would make guns illegal would really work. There is some similarity when it comes to the way car drivers act and behave on te road in my country. Rules of the road become more and more stricter, unfortunately car drivers do not seem to behave more savely on the road. Too many people die on the road and it seems like new law regualtions do not prevent it whatsoever. So it is just liek I said it is all about mentality. As long as we do not make people think different way we can not expect any changes. All efforts should be focused on kids – make them think that owning a gun or driving carelessly is let say something that the should be embarrassed of.

By: Tayebeh

Tayebeh — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:04:34 +0000

Hi,
I’m Iranian and in our country not only gun but also all kind of stabbing is illegal, but unfortunately violence isn’t decrease and it’s big problem, I think education is the best way for decreasing violence (in our society economic problems and low education cause violence, I think)

By: julio

julio — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:28:01 +0000

My humble point of view is that many american people have had from the times of the Remington rifle and Colts a ” love affair” with guns , the reasons are various , self-defense , sportsmanship and the right of every citizen to own a gun . Usually a citizen without a criminal record can buy whatever gun he likes , the police will check him out and give the green light to the seller, but here we have a loophole in the law” the mental state of that person.”We can see that when these guys engage in a rampage of violence and assassination, later it turned out that they were known as antisocial or crazy people. Also ,as others have posted, too much graphic violence on TV and video games.

By: RIDVAN

RIDVAN — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:01:40 +0000

Hey you guys,
I am writing from Istanbul.
Do you remember the Norway massacre ? 77 people had died. And then what ? The killer (Breivik) only get 21 years to draw jail terms. Do you imagine that ? Its a very tragic penalty. I think the legislation saying that its just 77 people, nothing important. If its not, somebody explain this funny 21 years jail penalty. So there was a this kind of ambiance most of the world, you can not make people to give up having guns. The legislation must be very aversive so nobody can attempt having a gun. Its the only way i think. Dissuasiveness is my priority.
Have a good day guys.

By: Junior

Junior — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:49:42 +0000

As to gun bearing in the US, I understand the selfdefence excuse but I can’t buy the idea of bearing a powerful war-weapon, like a M-16, AK-47 and alike, MAN!!! That is too much. Think about the following: have you realized that those who recently committed horrible killing in the US, like in schools, elementary schools, etc. they didn’t have ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND but they have at hand an arsenal at home?

By: nora

nora — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:23:02 +0000

Hello..I am from KSA and I have never been in USA before so I think if people there get a good protection from their government then there is no need to bring guns . Here in my country it is allowed to own gun but it is NOT allowed to use it as you like unless you are in a dangerous case .
So it depends on what the government could offer to their people from protection so they won’t use it as they do now .

By: Ina

Ina — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:52:49 +0000

It is interesting to know that is a part of the U.S. culture. Glad the institution that I went to while I had my immersion program in the U.S. did not exchange that culture. lol. It is just simply unfortunate for me because it shows how people who have a gun are definitely insecure.
I believe the most immortal thing in this planet is a change. Anything changes. This habit might be changed someday depends on how the U.S. citizen or government want it to be. I’m from Bali, Indonesia. We still think a gun is luxurious thing that is owned only by a police or an army for our nation defense purposes plus it only exists in the some scenes of American movies, lol. I’d love living in the states though, without a gun

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:25:40 +0000

Hello, interesting correlation is diplayed here. the higher wealth gap in a country, the higher homicide by fire arms rate is. http://knoema.com/kdabqlc/crime-statistics-murders-with-firearms-and-homicide-rate

By: Kary

Kary — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:16:40 +0000

Hi, everybody. I agree with many opinions from here
My opinion is that it should be an education program to learn the dangers of having guns (even if you decide to have one or no) but not just for children. This program should be extended for everybody but specially for parents who are the head of the family. The family is the nucleus of society and any change that we wish to do it should start from there.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:14:08 +0000

I’m from Brasil and I have never been in the United States before and for me it’s hard to understand the gun issue there. Brasil is a very violent country but here violence is very much associated to the drug traffic and also to criminal ‘organizations’(I don’t know if that is a proper term, but in Portuguese we call it ‘crime organizado’, so I am translating). It seems to me that in the United States, on the other hand, the use of guns has a different profile. I think the industry of guns might be huge and it probably might be great deal for the companies that produce them to keep on selling. Many of the American films I’ve watched before are very violent and I believe that if this kind of movie at the same time that stimulates violence they respond to a demand of what many people want to see. Maybe my example has nothing to do with reality but that’s my point of view as an outsider according to the information I’ve seen and read about the US – economic interests of important companies and marketing of violence. I think American leaders should weight what’s more valuable; lives of 12.000 each year or millions of dollars of this kind of business.