[bcraven]

I am from the UK, and the fact that lines like, "You have ~ 40% of households with a gun and ~ 70% of people between the ages of 15 and 64" are bandied round so readily is completely terrifying.

[staunch]

Have you thought about why you have this irrational fear or does the fact that it's commonly shared among your society lead you to believe its not irrational?

[Graham24]

the Atlantic Ocean is our friend.

[staunch]

Sure is. It conveyed many brave Americans over to fight and die rescuing the UK from enslavement. They did it with guns.

[lotsofmangos]

To be fair, you also helped fund the other side first. - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworld...

[staunch]

Some individual Americans supported Hitler early on. The men that fought and died never did.