I legally carry concealed. Are you familiar with firearms?

You understand, the very same moment I wrote "Columbine" the Norwegian shooting came to my mind.
It's exactly what I'm afraid of, that some mad could use dad's guns to kill a lot of people.
I know this exceed borderlines and any National law - it could happen anywhere, but this danger, toghether with the fact that here, in Italy, we have mafia's assassins almost anywhere in some neighborhoods of certain towns (and even cops are afraid to go there) really makes me nervous.

You know, about a year ago a Neapolitan family moved to my neighbour. Now, mine is a very quiet one, with families from Albania, Morocco, Senegal, Philippine and other countries. There are Muslims, Christians and atheists, but there have never been accidents of any sorts. This is because it is a small neighbour where anyone knows the other, and relationships are very easy and informal.
Now these Neapolitans came - father, mother, 3 child and a grandfather - and police begun to visit our neighbour, because the father is at home arrest.
I once had a stupid discussion with this man, who grew up in Scampia (a mafious neighbour in Naples): he thought that this was enough to scare me, but since I'm not afraid of mafia - on the contrary, I openly scorn them - he found himself in difficulty as I didn't run away. When I threathened him to call the police, he became very quiet and apologized - a true coward, like all mafia boys are. He avoid me since then, and have become very respectful with other neighbours.

This, just to explain my distaste to arms.
It's often easier to talk with people than to trust a weapon, and if it's true that it's up to the gun's bearer either to shoot or not, it is also true that having no permission to carry a gun saves everybody from somebody other's moment of madness.

Well now I wrote a lot, if you don't understand something just ask, I know my English is not that good 
Greetings,
Mauro.

Again, and sorry for bothering you (I'm the worst moderator on Earth   ).

I begun this topic to answer these comments:

DeeNewcum wrote on Nov 12^th, 2011 at 10:02am:


which are exactly what I think it's wrong with the right of bearing guns.
99% of people carrying a gun will never have to use it - nor will have any interest in using it, but there's still the 1% who will feel excited and powerful by having a gun.
For example, Columbine and Norwegian killers are exactly that kind of person.
Perhaps a preparatory education to weapons would be of some use?
Greetings (and I promise I ended writing for today),
Mauro.

Mauro Fiorentini wrote on Nov 12^th, 2011 at 1:45pm:

I have guns but I don't carry them around unless I intend to use them.  I think if we were civilized then there would be no need for guns, but check out the news.. we need our guns.  As far as outlawing them, if I wanted to kill someone I could do it with or without a gun.  A gun is a tool, like a hammer or ax.  I don't think the general population needs military type automatic weapons, but shotguns and rifles are an American birth right.

Small detail from Norway; weapons is not as such banned from law abiding citicens, but, in Norway,as a part of European culture, self defense is not a legal reason for having them.  Hunting and competition is.  Okay, it has happened, once the media told about an elderly police chief which was under such a percieved threat he was allowed to carry a handgun.  This was known publicly when he was revealed when doing a bit of crime himself.
Unlike USA there`s no politicans or partys you can vote for here if you`ll fight for your righy to carry guns.  Criminals can, and sometimes will, carry guns, but while there is some few real mad killers around, mostly it`s just silly gang members shooting each other in the leg with .22s anyway.  Hardly ever would they consider shooting at normal people or the police.  When they do, the police, while usually unarmed, tend to fix the problem rather effectively, if sometimes slowly. 

When sometimes someone do defend themself with legal guns, the legal complications tend to be rather bothersome, but that`s not just in Norway these days.  Anyway the crime rate is wery low, and in most cases guns would not be the best solution.  Indeed, some people experiense a sudden need for a gun, and dont have it, but that`s not just here, either.

The Norwegian killer would be an aberration in any system, for him the guns was just a means to get the job (adverticing the manifest thing)done.  First he attempted to buy illegal guns, but as he was no real criminal, this became to complicated, and so instead he exploited the system and bought them legally instead.  No criminal record, needed a deer hunting rifle, and member of a pistol club, that was that.
timann

As a very Right Wing American, I am really in support of Gun carry and ownership. Not only is it just incredibly fun to shoot   there are a lot of political reasons plus the whole self defence thing.

A concept that used to be common sence but is now lost by the majority of indiviuals with a large government is that Criminals break the law. to reword it by having restritions on guns, the law abiding citizens will have difficulty defending themselvs but hey, it make the criminals (murders, kidnappers, rapist, theifs, extremeist) workplace a safer place.  

Not to mention it's just cool.   Can't wait till I turn 21.

http://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45?blend=1&ob=4

Gun ownership is a very great responsibility. Any time you remove your gun from the holster you are putting yourself in danger of going to jail for a very long time. You better have a very good reason if you shoot someone. And a very good lawyer. That being said, you don't often need a gun, but when you need one, you really need one.