Why does the United States allow private ownership?

The independence of most countries was established by winning wars, but most countries did not legislate to protect gun ownership like the United States, but banned guns more comprehensively, including old capitalist countries.

Owning guns is related to the founding concept of the founding fathers of the United States. At least when the American government was founded, people's desire was a country owned by the people and ruled by the people. The government serves the people, is supervised by the people, and the power is mutually restricted, which reduces the possibility of tyranny. Politicians set themselves many restrictions, which are still rare in today's world. Other countries, including China, regard the country as a violent ruling machine, so it is not even necessary for the ruled people to own guns.

One function of allowing guns in the United States is to give people tools to resist tyranny. Don't think that civilian guns are useless to government tanks, cannons and atomic bombs. There are AK47 rifles on the flags of many countries, not atomic bombs. The engagement and occupation of infantry is still of great practical significance. To say the least, a country full of armed forces will always make the aggressors have great scruples. It was for this reason that European fascists spared Switzerland in World War II. The Japanese general knew this and was unwilling to attack the United States. The former Soviet Union, which invaded Finland, learned the benefits of all soldiers. As far as the conventional weapons and proficiency of the American people are concerned, no one will underestimate their combat effectiveness.

Gun ownership is listed in the second article of the constitutional amendment, second only to the first article of freedom of speech, which shows its importance in the United States. Guns are not only a tool to resist tyranny, but also an effective tool for self-defense and hunting, which can offset or reverse the disadvantages of vast territory and sparse population or disparity in strength.

The gun control in the United States means strictly enforcing the gun law, ensuring that good people have guns and preventing bad people from getting guns. Strengthening gun control deprives good people of the right to own guns and has no real impact on bad people. Gun manufacturers do not say that banning guns is for their own interests, and the broad masses of the people have no strong demand for banning guns. Opinion polls even show that people's efforts to strengthen gun control are declining.

In fact, the government is not concerned about the accidents caused by guns, but is very concerned that guns are used to resist the government. The American Rifle Association actively promotes gun safety education, and gun-related accidents are decreasing year by year, far lower than common accidents. Even if it includes vicious intentional shootings, it accounts for a small proportion of abnormal deaths. A few days ago, someone in the news actually wrote a blog on the Internet for a long time because they didn't have a girlfriend for a long time, saying that they would shoot and kill three women in the gym and then commit suicide (it took a minute or two before and after, and dozens of bullets were fired) to retaliate. On the same day, a woman who hit someone while drunk instantly killed eight people in two cars, and was ridiculed by gunmen for banning alcohol and cars. The local news that other people died in a car accident that day may not be reported, which is too newsworthy, but the shooting will definitely be reported. It is irresponsible gunmen and drivers who cause such consequences, not cars and guns. Cars are not mainly used as killing tools, but as vehicles and entertainment (competition) tools. Guns are used as entertainment (competition, hunting) or killing tools, but killing people is not necessarily killing people. Many killings are completely legal, just and necessary. Those who clamor for banning guns, and those in other countries who are deprived of the right to own guns by powerful governments for the safety of their people, turn a blind eye to these facts.

It doesn't mean that there are a hundred guns in America. Guns in the hands of bad people are indeed a serious problem, but at the same time, it is not a good thing for good people not to shoot. Last week, someone in Detroit was shot in the head after being carjacked. The same suspect is also suspected of robbing a bank with a gun. The suspect is a Middle Eastern who is only 17 years old, which triggered a discussion about getting a gun license and carrying a gun (loaded pistol). In a society rich in guns, it is a typical problem that the bad guys have guns and the good guys don't. Many people are ambivalent, not particularly fond of guns, and a little scared. They don't want to touch the gun, but they feel safe when they see a policeman with a gun, and even when they are with friends who know they have a gun, which shows the positive side of the gun in the hands of good people.

So don't ask why a few countries, such as the United States, allow private guns. Ask why so many countries are afraid of private guns.