First off I want to thank everyone for replying, all your answers (at least most) were very insightful. And as you have all been waiting for, the point of this thread:
Someone already pointed out my “forum background” so ill expand it a little. A big part of my family lives in the USA but I don’t, we moved a long time ago. I live in Costa Rica, Central America. Last year I purchased a weapon and since have been learning as much as I can about the most I can, that is weapon handling and defense techniques. To avoid complete and udder boredom ill continue with my fun story. Costa Rica’s president, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Oscar Arias is, as you can imagine, a flamboyant anti gun liberal. He has now thought of a new plan to disarm the whole of the Costa Rican population, by limiting the number of weapons for a citizen to have to the unbelievable amount of…..1. And beyond that he has set limits to handgun, rifle and shotgun caliber, for example all handguns must be .380 or smaller. This new law project, once in effect, will force everyone to hand in their then illegal weapons for them to be destroyed.
In the last 8 years the amount of killings in C.R. has increased in exponential amounts do to constant migration of peoples with very violent backgrounds (Colombia, Nicaragua ect), increase in poverty and a general discontent of the population. Muggers here are now using guerilla tactics (to call them something), in which they first shoot you and then ask whether you have money or not, using two cars to block highways while four men with automatic weapons (AK47 mostly) make you get out of your car and steal it.
I am trying to make a study on why it is that this happens, proving that disarming the people, leaving them defenseless to these disgusting meaningless criminals, is not going to stop the massacres in the streets. I feel that these criminals will start having a really bad time if they started having victims that defend themselves effectively. So I set out to present this study/thesis to the government to fight the passing of this heinous new law, I’ve talked to psychologists, sociologists and firearms experts, I also wanted to use personal interviews as another means to demonstrate my point, hence the post. I’m planning on offering as a solution stricter gun control as in background checks, border control ect. But NOT disarm the people. Make CC tests stricter, harder and involve more features procuring that people that pass are exceptionally responsible people and citizens.
The post was a trick question which a couple failed, this scenario has been lived by MANY costaricans, and most did B and were convicted for premeditated murder. Unbelievable for Americans because they have an efficient judicial system, but we don’t. its not uncommon to see a murder suspect go free after being detained a few hours, and it is VERY common to see vengeance crimes. Nonetheless the fact that all but a couple of the people who answered were senior members, and that they all answered the “non violent” and responsible way will be put into my study, as well as other statistics like the fact that Switzerland has the highest rate of guns to people but incredibly low rates of crimes related to guns or violent happenings involving guns.
Once again I’m greatly thankful for your help, Newbie222
Someone already pointed out my “forum background” so ill expand it a little. A big part of my family lives in the USA but I don’t, we moved a long time ago. I live in Costa Rica, Central America. Last year I purchased a weapon and since have been learning as much as I can about the most I can, that is weapon handling and defense techniques. To avoid complete and udder boredom ill continue with my fun story. Costa Rica’s president, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Oscar Arias is, as you can imagine, a flamboyant anti gun liberal. He has now thought of a new plan to disarm the whole of the Costa Rican population, by limiting the number of weapons for a citizen to have to the unbelievable amount of…..1. And beyond that he has set limits to handgun, rifle and shotgun caliber, for example all handguns must be .380 or smaller. This new law project, once in effect, will force everyone to hand in their then illegal weapons for them to be destroyed.
In the last 8 years the amount of killings in C.R. has increased in exponential amounts do to constant migration of peoples with very violent backgrounds (Colombia, Nicaragua ect), increase in poverty and a general discontent of the population. Muggers here are now using guerilla tactics (to call them something), in which they first shoot you and then ask whether you have money or not, using two cars to block highways while four men with automatic weapons (AK47 mostly) make you get out of your car and steal it.
I am trying to make a study on why it is that this happens, proving that disarming the people, leaving them defenseless to these disgusting meaningless criminals, is not going to stop the massacres in the streets. I feel that these criminals will start having a really bad time if they started having victims that defend themselves effectively. So I set out to present this study/thesis to the government to fight the passing of this heinous new law, I’ve talked to psychologists, sociologists and firearms experts, I also wanted to use personal interviews as another means to demonstrate my point, hence the post. I’m planning on offering as a solution stricter gun control as in background checks, border control ect. But NOT disarm the people. Make CC tests stricter, harder and involve more features procuring that people that pass are exceptionally responsible people and citizens.
The post was a trick question which a couple failed, this scenario has been lived by MANY costaricans, and most did B and were convicted for premeditated murder. Unbelievable for Americans because they have an efficient judicial system, but we don’t. its not uncommon to see a murder suspect go free after being detained a few hours, and it is VERY common to see vengeance crimes. Nonetheless the fact that all but a couple of the people who answered were senior members, and that they all answered the “non violent” and responsible way will be put into my study, as well as other statistics like the fact that Switzerland has the highest rate of guns to people but incredibly low rates of crimes related to guns or violent happenings involving guns.
Once again I’m greatly thankful for your help, Newbie222
