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Unfortunately, not every person can afford to move to a nice part of town.  It was over 20 years ago that Public Enemy told us "911 is a Joke" and for many communities that's still the truth.  Why do poor people choose to live in such dangerous neighborhoods?  That's a classic upper class observation.  Lower class and underprivileged people are simply forced to rely on themselves more for self defense for the upper classes.

Ross Eliot, editor

www.americangunculturereport.com

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We live in a highly predatory society and while some people feel safe continuously apparently, many more vulnerable members are not so privileged.  The statistics are entirely clear.  Gun laws have liberalized again and again nationally and social violence has dropped to the lowest levels since the early 1950s.  There are complicated reasons for that but what can be distinctly observed is guns as a rule, do not automatically make every situation more volatile.  I've liven in Switzerland where every household has a machine gun and it was continuously peaceful there.  It's social equability or lack thereof that makes a society violent.

Ross Eliot, editor

www.AmericanGunCultureReport.com

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For anyone who is interested, my magazine American Gun Culture Report can be found at Powells as well as several other bookstores around town. The website, www.americangunculturereport.com contains additional information relating to self defense and firearm issues. My thanks to the TOL crew-
Ross Eliot, editor AGCR

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