Quote Originally Posted by LiamKerrington View Post
Simply put: This is impossible. Any solution may get near to what one assumes to be "safe". And this highly depends on the point of view on the one hand and the outer circumstances on the other hand.

To remain with guns and weapons: I would consider Germany or the EU safe, even compared with the US - and that although or because we have no legalized and free gun-ownership. And yet we have criminal activities in which guns are involved - either for threatening or even harming (killing) people. Compare with the overall situation those crimes are few in number, which is why I would say: They exist, but they don't make 'my place' an unsafe location - neither on the local in Saltgate (my town) nor up to the supranational territorical level of the EU.

That being said: Considering the News and reports about things happening overseas in the US I could say: the USA seem to be a fucking crazy and unsafe place; but the only things I see are reports about the really outstanding criminal events; this does not allow any judgement about the overall situation, which is why I feel inclined to say: even the USA, although or because gun-ownership is generally allowed, are a safe place to live in.

Now - which one is safer? And to what degree? I don't know. And actually I don't care.

All the best!
Liam
Do you think that the media plays too big a part in how we form our perceptions of the worlds overseas? I'm sure that a lot of Americans would disagree with the general perception is that they live in a violent culture, as many South Africans would say the same. We're given access to so much in first world countries, but we're still viewing it all through the coloured lenses of generic media outlets. I can see it being difficult to build better-informed idealogical structures that are based in logic and fact as opposed to fear and misinformation.