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| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
I'd trust an average civilian more than an authority figure simply because the authority figure has a better chance of getting away with discharging her/his weapon. That said, while I'm not saying that guns are a good thing, abolishing them outright is absurd. |
Average people 
Just makes me think of George Carlin saying-
"Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!"
And he is right, most people out there you wouldn't trust with a sharp pencil at the end of the day, it's why there's disclaimers on just about everything you buy in the US to avoid litigation from idiots. If there was some kind of mandatory training in firearm use, like the other big killer, motor vehicles, then you might cut down at least on the idiots that aren't able to cause harm to themselves (or inadvertently to anyone else) with firearms. Because those statistics from memory are slightly worrying as well.
As for lunatics who go out to commit homicide and crime, I don't think there's much you can ever do about that because they'll get what they need to do the job either way.
As for the coppers, put yourself in their shoes. If the government is fairly much selling weapons and weapons of warfare like an AK47 or weapons simply designed to kill other people like pistols, then you can't really blame them for being a bit 'twitchy' knowing every car you pull over might have a machinegun in it or every toerag you pull up on the street could have a pistol under their jacket.
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