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Originally posted by Larry_OHF:
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Originally posted by Stratos:
Isn't gun control a national issue rather than an international one? Illegal arms smuggling I can understand, but gun control within countries?
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That is not the point of this particular debate, however. I think it is a chance for the voice of the whole European collective to try and teach the US that there is a better way. The US will be having its stand to defend its choices outside of the rest of the world.
font> [/QUOTE]But the right to bear arms is in the Second Amendment and limited to the USA alone. It has no direct relevance outside USA's borders. Same thing the other way around with European constitutions. I think it will just be a ideological debate where where one side really doesn't need to heed the words of the other side, since everyone can just after the debate go home to their own countries and their own laws. I don't think it will fundamentally change anything. It will probably just be a matter of "you do what you want on your side of the Atlantic, and we on ours."