This applies, of course,

to Americans. It's the American courts, and an American issue.

Is Your Right to Own a Gun Being Infringed?

I have to ask why (though it happens in other countries as well, just not to the same extent) America has such a high level of violent crime. Is there something inherent in their politics or social make-up that makes protecting one's self more of a necessity there than in other countries? Just wondering...

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