>After several devastating wars on the European continent that costed millions of lives, gun control was one of the things that was put into place to make sure that people could not just kill eachother by pulling your finger on the trigger. Perhaps because the most of the US did not experience the horrors of genocide and destruction to the level that was practised here, they are still in the believe you can protect yourself with a gun. Who knows, But I find it unbelievable.

Walter- I'm currently reading "Amsterdam" a history of that city and the Netherlands, by Russell Shorto, an American writer who lived in Amsterdam.
He gives some good insights into why people in the Netherlands see many things so differently than many, if not most, people in the US.
(He agrees with the Netherlands views on most issues)
I have some good friends - people that you'd probably enjoying having a beer with - who will never understand why individual gun ownership in a densely populated area is completely whacky.