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RE: Helplessness Is Not a Virtue, Either (afterthought)
I guess I can see the kind of debate you're coming from, and I'm yet undecided as to that, but it's interesting how this issue probably makes sense only to people from the US! Asking someone from where I'm from whether they keep a gun at home to protect their family in case they're attacked, would just sound ludicrous!
Yeah, and if someone lives somewhere where they feel no NEED to have a gun, I have no problem with that. But there's a difference between not having something you think is unnecessary, and taking PRIDE in NOT having it.
Well, just to play devil's advocate, maybe what the other side is saying is that we need to create a world in which keeping guns is as ridiculous and unnecessary as it is in Europe, and they "take pride" in being some of the first to move in that direction.
However, it's also true that whatever safety we enjoy, in whatever country we live in, is probably just because some other people (like soldiers) or groups (like countries) have decided to bear arms on our behalf, creating the illusion of safety that we so enjoy.