JohnnyDos
What's the matter with you guys?Seems people over the border don't trust each other.You are all nuts.That is the only reason I can figure why you need a gun.Gorrilla what are you going to do at the >XI< Fun Fest?Shoot someone.I just don't get it.You mean to tell me that when you guys go to a movie or shopping or a restauraunt you have to bring a gun?
From a dumb Canadian.
Whilst I share your and Olive's puzzlement as to why it could be necessary to carry a firearm when going about ones business (law enforcement, military and possibly security guards excepted), I have long abandoned any expectation that people abroad will live their lives like one does in ones own country. They've made their choice, it works for them and it isn't any of my business. I expect you are about to be reminded of the contents of the US Constitution... Logically, if firearms are freely available to bad guys, the good guys should not be left holding a big stick or a crowbar to defend themselves and their property, perhaps? I think I'd feel safer camping in the wild with a gun by me, with all those big bears roaming around, also.
We're fortunate in England & Wales to have suffered a relatively low rate of gun-related deaths, due to increasingly strict controls and outlawing of handguns entirely but we have seen that people who have obtained their weapons lawfully occasionally "lose it" and a tragedy results.
I found an interesting table of statistics on gun-related death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate
The USA does not top the table and it was alarming to see an EU country above it - Estonia!
If this table is accurate, one of the safest places to live in the world is....CHILE! Perhaps this explains why one of our Head Admins prefers a knife and a tomahawk in-game to a rifle?