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Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas

Right, so you are basically saying that America is not a civilized nation. Fine, you are not lauding it over anyone but I do think that you are looking down your nose at a nation that you see as less "civilized".

l think you know exactly what my meaning is l am certainly not looking down my nose at America as it is a fantastic country with many good people but the American psyche and approach with regards to guns is wedded blindly to the past IMO and that is the less civilised bit.

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Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas

You seem like a perfectly pleasant individual so perhaps I am interpreting this incorrectly, so my apologies, if I am. The way I am reading what you are writing though is that just because you see no need for an armed populace, you think of those who are as less civilized, per your metric definition.

Why does a country need a armed populace? unless individuals need a gun for the reasons l have stated in earlier posts through strict licensing gun laws.