No [censored], that's why I corrected myself by stating "indigenous people". You should feel silly for trying to derail the topic.

Wisconsin is pretty safe. It just gets cold, but nothing a fire and a hut wouldn't fix.

Rural areas. Urban Areas will fall before rural areas no doubt. I am serious in saying that the safest place I have ever lived was out in the country. I have come to the city and am always worried about whether my car will be stolen or if someone will break into my car. Out in the country I never locked my car and nothing had been taken. The one time I leave my car unlocked in the city, it gets raided. Luckily nothing was taken except pocket change since I left everything valuable at home that day.

There is a big scare that animals will eat you out in the country, but this is only true if you are a complete idiot and go in areas alone or at night. Yes there have been sitings of mountain lions and coyotes, but if you are smart and stay inside or with at least another person in the day time, then you will be fine.

Not only is my door not locked here -ever, but sometimes in the summer I forget to close it.

If I do groceries, I can leave the keys in my bike, with my helmet hanging off the steering wheel.. for about three days before I get called -by the police, to move it

My son and his nieces -all age six and a half, left the house at ten in the morning to go play outside -it was great weather over easter. They didn't come back home until late in the afternoon. Don't know where they went.. don't care.


Anywhere else on the planet where this is still possible?

Except they'll be prime targets against enemies. And they will for sure be attacked.

Jagar - Police are responders, when you need them that moment there minutes away. Minutes. Alot of things happen in those minutes.(Even then police may take even longer ot get there) I would rather have a gun there and take my chances now than be at the mercy of some criminal.

The good thing about living in the middle of North Carolina is that I can be at the beach or in the mountains in 3 hours. So as soon as we hear about a tsunami we'll be on our way over the Appalachian mountains.

A gun with a silencer is still pretty damn loud, because all they do is muffle the initial explosion in the barrel. Not the second loud noise when the bullet breaks the supersonic barrier.

Hence, subsonic munitions.. for instance, for the nine mil, any pre-loaded 147 gr slug will do.

Even with subsonic rounds, the noise is still about as loud as a paintball gun. Loud enough to alert everyone on a street. Unless it's a .22, those are pretty much silent, besides the action of the slide and the impact. And even then, it'd have to be a headshot.

Gun restrictions may not stop the cold blooded killers but they sure do put a bump on more emotion based crimes where people do things in rage but not rationally through long hours of planning and considering their course of action.

If an experienced killer on the street want to kill you with a knife, you're pretty much done for. If an experienced killer on the street want to kill you with a a gun, you're done for.

Up close, a knife is extremely hard to defend against -- and that's assuming you see it coming. No matter what, you will get cut, possibly fatally (the trick is to get cut as little as possible ). This goes for pretty much everyone, even those trained in defence against knives. If this person knows what they're doing, they can get far enough away from you before people realise exactly what happened (unless they get you alone, in which case there's not even that).

Up close, a gun is extremely hard to defend against if you don't see it coming. It's easier to spot with a knife, and you have a better chance of knocking it away, but if the attacker hides it well enough you won't get the chance. Assuming the gun is concealed reasonably well, those around you will take a minute to figure out where it came from, by which time your killer can be our of there. That's assuming they get up close.

From a small distance, you can run away from a knife if you see it coming. If you don't, see above.

From a small distance, you can run away from a gun if you see it coming, and with luck you may even avoid a fatal shot. If you don't, though, you'll never know what hit you and it'll be even easier for your killer to escape.

Up close, for either weapon, or small distances for a gun, you're not going to get much of a chance to pull your own if the other has their ready to go. Could you draw a pistol, aim, and fire in the time it takes to pull a trigger? Could you pull a knife in the time it takes to slap someone (which is about the same as a knife slash)? Could you do either of these if you were taken by surprise?

From a long distance, your chances of realising someone has a knife are close to none, and there is no threat to you.

From a long distance, your chances of realising someone has a gun are pretty low, and close to none if they're in a concealed position. With a rifle, they can shoot you dead just fine without getting anywhere near you, and be out of there long before they're located.


And another important factor is the difficulty of pulling the trigger when a human is in your sights. Militaries spend a lot of time getting their people to a point where they can shoot first and get hit with emotions later. Your average gun owner hasn't had any of that. It's one thing to hypothesise shooting a human, quite another to be in that position in real life.

In summary, saying "If you have a gun, you're less likely to die" is a gross simplification. Of course, saying "If we ban guns completely, there will be less gun-related crime" is also quite a simplification.

I have to say the USA do have problems caused by their gun policy, which Germany (as representation of Europe) doesn't have.
To just look at thing as an "outsider" might help.

i don't really know, i am not very learned or social.

i guess some far off place where humans have not reached yet. as long as it supports, like, farming and livestock, you are good to live off the land.