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Originally Posted by Glice

The thing with abolishing the class structure is that there's no actual part of British law that says anything about it. It's engrained in our collective psyche, it's not a physical object like a gun

brutherford--

just popped back to say this is EXACTLY what you're missing. the gun is engrained in the collective american psyche-- it cannot be legislated out!

right now, in virginia, it is legal to pack a gun in the open. so people are walking around like it's the wild west. it makes people uncomfortable (it would make me uncomfortable as fuck if i'm on a bus and some random dude comes in with a 9mm pistol on a holster), but that's the fucking state law AND the ethos of a large part of the public.

it took me a long time to understand this, especially living in a big city in the east, until i moved out west & saw people handle guns on a regular basis. my wife's parent's house is a small fucking arsenal. there's a magnum revolver, a 12 or 14 gauge shotgun, various rifles, a musket... when my wife left for college her dad gave her a little one-shot 22 to carry with her.

anyway, remember this: engrained in the psyche. it's like the english and their tea. i know it sounds nuts and incomprehensible but it's unthinkable to ban guns in america, and regulation is becoming difficult.

i do strongly favor tighter regulation and registration. there are background checks required for gun purchases but the problem is that there is a "gun show loophole"-- you can basically walk into a fair-like market & walk out ready for civil war. but the open carry law of virginia (there are other states) is a different story-- and the movement is actually gaining ground all over the place. you can have a legal registered gun out in the open.

have some fun looking at the yahoos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_ca..._United_States

yes i agree with you it's "crazy" but remember: engrained in the psyche

only then you can begin to comprehend what this is about

ps here a little video
http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...ideos/06195_00