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Originally Posted by blueash
And Canada, UK, Australia, France, Germany etc etc which are much better examples of countries with strong governments, non-corrupted police and military, first world nations, like the USA have strong gun regulations and miniscule gun murder rates. Please, if you are trying to make comparisons to other countries, picks ones most like ours for this issue at hand.
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Perhaps where you have lived or currently reside in the US one does not have corruption, high crime rates or have to press one for English as I do.
I grew up in New Mexico which is pretty darn crime ridden and corrupt. Being a border state and over 44% Hispanic it has a culture in many ways not much unlike that of Mexico. I now live in Southern California which is 37% Hispanic and has a huge number of people from Mexico. I have spent time in Arizona. My brother lived for many years in Key Biscayne in a very expensive oceanside high rise condominium. When we ate dinner in the restaurant at the complex we were almost always the only people speaking English and I observed several tables with body guards present. These areas of the United States are heavily influenced by the lifestyles, values and mores immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries bring with them. Ever notice the bars over the windows in many of the homes in Southwestern cities?
I have spent time in various parts of Canada, the UK, NZ, Germany and Scandinavia. They do feel somewhat like our Northeast and Midwest culturally so perhaps that is whereof you write. Actually France reminds me of Mexico in many ways. They share Napoleonic Code backgrounds. By the way, the French and Germans just love the Southwest US. Friends of mine in France own six shooters and even dress up as cowboys, big hat, boots, wide belt with a huge buckle, low riding holsters, and have quick draw contests in addition to more conventional shooting contests. They just love to shoot guns. I have taken a couple of them cowboy boots, quick draw holsters and such as house gifts.