04-25-2012, 11:08 PM
kj wrote:
[quote=Lemon Drop]
"their assumption that in a peaceful world, no one would have the desire to own guns. "
where are you getting that from this website?
Notice that Canada gets a score of 2 on the "ease of access to weapons" index, meaning they have strict gun control. Gun ownership is very common in Canada and there is lot of hunting. But they have laws in place that control firearms to a degree that the US does not. The US has 90 guns for every 100 people and they can be easily acquired by pretty much anyone. Seems a bit excessive.
"Qualitative assessment of the ease of access to
small arms and light weapons. Ranked 1-5 (very
low-very high) by EIU analysts"
It's in the actual report you can download as a "pdf". I looked at it because I wanted to know what their methods were. They're a little unusual, imho.
kj.
There are a lot of pdf's linked to that website.
I'd appreciate it if you could find where you got that and link it.
I'd be curious to know the context of your quote because I'm not getting that general idea from the report. They do suggest that the sheer volume of easily available weapons in the US is a concern, but I see no hint that eliminating gun ownership is the goal.
"in a peaceful world, no one would have the desire to own guns"