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Telling people they can't defend themselves in the face of threat is simply not acceptable for any decent society. I had friends who went through the Crown Heights riots. They were terrified and scarred probably to this day. Some of them were old Europeans who remembered Nazi pogroms and relived that period. It is simply offensive for someone to suggest, well not many people died so it's OK. It's not OK. It's never OK.Agreed. I don't argue they need to change, although I would argue they have given up part of their culture and made their citizens less safe. Recall the rioting by "youths" in Britain and Norway about 1 or 2 years ago. People had to get baseball bats to defend themselves. Bunch of citizens with shotguns patrolling the streets would have ended that real quick.
But in the US we have the 2A, so it is a right.
So the odd riot should mean everybody should be armed to the teeth? How many people died in those riots? Your solution to the problem is way over the top.
And how many die in mass shootings, percentage wise? The answer is less than 1%.