it is impossible to compare the US and england on the need for guns by the general population.
England is an island, much easier to control the borders, also it is much smaller. less people, and is more of a homogenous society.
Englands neighbors are nations that have been civilized longer and have had multiple wars (with thier neighbors) and armed revolts (to overthrow Corrupt goverments)
Which tend to reduce the violence for generations after that.
England does not have gangs and criminals come in from Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, etc.
England does not share a border with a terrorist haven like canada, (although france is trying hard to catch up)
All of these factors contribute to a smaller crime rate in general.
US has no controllable border. shorter history, much larger land mass. and because of this larger land mass, has no way to have an effective mass transit system. It has gangs and criminals from many countries migrating here. We are a melting pot of different nationalities.
Our founding fathers instilled in our rights Quote
" the right to keep and bear arms which the rulers of the european countries are afraid to do"
The US has a standing army and the people are trained in the use of weapons both for thier individual protection and protection of freedoms around the world.
For this right and freedom, we do pay a price.
We also pay a price to protect the freedoms of the countries around the world. In fact lets count the number of times the boy scouts of the US had to fight back the hitler youth to protect England. Wasnt it twice in the same half century ?? and provided the only incentive for russia not to invade europe for 40 years.
Now everyone from Europe ....tell us how you dislike that Americans have guns and know how to use them ? and in the same sentence you can thank us for writing in english instead of german.
( Your Welcome ! )
then lets ask the people of the world who americans have died defending thier freedoms ?
We are also a nation with much more land, so we do not have the benefit of having police right down the street. So for most americans the access to law enforcement in a timely manner is not possible.
We also provide more than half of the worlds food.
