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While home hardening is a fine suggestion, one must also realize that in life its simply not possible to plan for every possible thing that can go wrong.

I suspect for many cops its more a matter of seeing a gun before any interaction occurs by which they can try to ascertain the threat potential that is the issue, not proximity alone. Its also a matter of the scenario, alone and exposed, during many traffic stops that is understandably going to...

Agreed. The US military would probably gain more advantage if both sides started using HP since most enemies we currently fight lack body armor and the 5.56 round would probably see a greater increase in effectiveness than 7.62 would going to HP. But, at the end of the day i'm skeptical that...

All my encounters have been perfectly cordial as well on both sides but i've always informed the cop that i was armed while stating i posses a permit in the same sentence. I expect for many cops seeing a gun within hands reach before any conversation can ensue is likely to result in a "better...

Since warfare is a two way firing range, and use of HP ammo would likely incite any enemy to do the same, is it really in the best interest of the US soldiers to use said ammo? As i understand it, typically encountered enemy small arm rounds won't penetrate US body armor anyways so the real...

There is certainly something to be said for mechanical cleaning methods. Intuitively, it seems probable that a good bit of the corrosive salts will be expelled by the use of non-corrosive ammo thereafter but i would not rely on it exclusively. It would probably take quite a few rounds to get it...

On the issue of engaging in activities which are highly likely to result in a cop drawing a gun and pointing it at my head, i stand firmly on the "no" side. Legal or not, having a gun openly visible, within hand's reach, seems like a whole lot of problems waiting to unfold if pulled over.

Bulgarian AK's are still fully available and on par with Russian, quality wise, so i see no point.

Did you also read that he received over $20K in damages plus compensation for legal fees? The point is, occasionally reading articles about the UK, especially those with a political agenda, should hardly be considered adequate to make broad based conclusions about an entire country.

I'm aware of that and suspect that cigarettes are statistically still far more likely to kill a person not habitually involved in criminal activity.

One of those things you carry is statistically probably much more likely to kill you than the threats you are preparing for. Just saying. Full disclosure, i've been trying to quit for a loooong time.

I hardly see, "it could be much worse" as a valid reason to not be concerned. Especially given that other developed nations are so much lower. We're talking about people losing their lives and suffering grievous injuries, not something trivial. Nuclear weapons have been used against people only...

You seem to be confusing the review of previous research models and findings with the actual study itself. Survey studies, by their nature, are problematic and generally should be relied on only to offer supportive evidence, not form definitive conclusions, simply because they fail to control...

If you want to call acknowledging that an act can't occur without a specific object "blaming" said object then so be it, but nobody is assigning human agency to the weapon. If i follow your line of reasoning, i suppose it could be said that if i lock my door when i leave the house, i'm blaming...

danez71, your response inspired me to see what research is available and I located the following studies/articles. In all honesty i have not read through them but upon initial glance they seem to support my position that availability of guns increases incidence of violent crime. Others are...

Human decision making processes, which i cited as my primary support, is quite well studied, albeit there is still more to learn. If you're looking for actual studies of access to guns vs homicide rates, such is quite difficult to study as has been discussed. It is however suggestive though that...

Well in this case the potential and the evil itself should be of equal concern given how frequently the potential realizes. The likeliness to succeed is obviously related to how often it occurs by the simple fact of chances of victim survival. Its also related to how frequently the attempts...

danez1, i've actually explained my position in quite detail so you'll have to elaborate with "what am i basing it on". Second, dropping bombs? We are evidently talking about crime, not war. If bombs were so easy, then elaborate as to why they are so rarely used here rather than guns.

Just a few lines up you said "But there are thousands of vehicles (means). And we've proven through history that one is about as good as another." So i'm not sure what your position is on this. Do you agree that guns on the whole make murder easier to commit and more likely to succeed than other...

Most violent killings are by other means? Certainly you don't mean today in the US. In 2012, 12,765 homicides were committed with 8,855 being committed by firearms. One would think if other means were just as good, firearms would not account for 70%. Of course some murderers would have used...