Gun Control Pros and Cons - Why America and Australia Hold Such Different Views

To answer that gun control question you will also findGuns never became part of day-to-day life in
some very fundamental points into the pros and consAustralia, which operated under an organized
of gun control laws. Australians would love Americansstructure from the beginning.
to have fewer guns and stricter gun control laws.British authorities took care of security; there was no
Americans fight for their right to own a gun and claimthreat on the island, no threat on the border, and the
the Australian government has removed Australian'ssettlers spoke the same language and held similar
right to defend themselves. How did these similarideals. Australians really became very similar to the
countries come to have such vastly different viewscreatures that enjoy the serenity of the Galapagos
towards gun ownership? Answer this question andIslands and have lived without fear.
you resolve many of the issues that surround theAustralians have never felt the need to have to
gun control debate.defend themselves. They don't feel like the
All sorts of gun law statistics are manipulated togovernment is taking any rights away, but in fact,
prove both points of view, but the whole issueare giving them the right to continue to live without
needs to be accessed from a different point offear. So let's review Americas origins and threats.
view; a countries geographic location and the risk ofAmerica shares borders and has not enjoyed the
predators, the origins of the first settlers, and humanluxury of being an isolated island. The original settlers
nature.came from all over Europe with vastly different
Surprisingly, part of my opinion was inspired fromideals. The original 13 states were inhabited with
watching the innate reaction of creatures that inhabitrevolutionaries who fought the king, people fleeing
the Galapagos Islands. Run with me on this theoryfrom religious persecution, the Puritans, the Quakers
for just a brief moment.all speaking many different languages and having
The Galapagos Islands were formed by underwaterdifferent ideals. They had to fight for America from
volcanoes 500 miles from land. The creatures thatthe day they arrived between the Minutemen who
inhabit the new and remote islands arrived by oceanfought the British to people moving west fighting
or air to an environment with no existing threats soNative Americans. Heck, then they fought each other.
they had no predators, much like Australia. TheAmericans had to have guns to protect their families
creatures on the Galapagos Islands enjoy a spoiltbecause there was no central control to protect
innocence unlike most creatures around the world.them as they established a new society. This
Scientists concluded after researching thesegun-owning culture has been ingrained over the
creatures that fear is a behavioral adaptation andgenerations and if guns were confiscated from
when it is unnecessary, fear disappears. Perhaps thatsociety now the only people who would still have
is why Australians are famous for that line "nothem are the criminals leaving everyone else feeling
worries, mate."like lame ducks.
When Australia was settled, the authorities (theAmericans do not believe the government should
British soldiers) had the guns and the settlersprotect them and in fact many feel the need, unlike
convicts, for the most part, obeyed the rules. TheAustralians, that they should be allowed to bear arms
Aboriginals in Australia were nomadic and so a fightto protect themselves from their government as the
over land ownership was nominal compared to therevolutionaries did when they left England. The
gruesome fights Americas first settlers had with thesecond amendment is the right to bear arms and
Native American. The majority of settlers to Australiamany Americans associate that right with the right to
were from the United Kingdom and most peopleprotect their families still.
viewed the world in pretty much the same way.