[marktwain]

America is generaly safe. It used to be much safer when guns were more available. I inserted the lines to differentiate the comments of the BBC correspondent from those of the author. I did not post the full article because I was not able to properly copy it to show when the correspondent was being quoted.

[Wallace T.]

Keep in mind that this is an article by the BBC, which is as liberal as our MSM. Furthermore, New Jersey is one of the nation’s most liberal states and private firearms ownership is more difficult here than in most other states.

[mtbopfuyn]

Does the media, including BBC, bear any responsibility for conveying such a misleading impression?

Most fallacies begin with the media.

[PowderMonkey]

Oops. Poor fella. Looks like one BBC correspondent will soon be recalled to the U.K. for heretical writings. Over the years I've met dozens of British expats who chose life in the US. Many of them upon attaining US citizenship, celebrated by visiting a local gun shop and purchasing their first firearm. Welcome to America.

[PeteB570]

DBD Security

Darn Big Dawgs

Early Warning and Alert system that allows the homeowner to arm himself before the threat makes it up to the front door.

Works at our house and we feel secure.

[archy]

America is generaly safe. It used to be much safer when guns were more available.

Thank goodness the Secret Police aren't the only ones with guns!

[KosmicKitty]

An armed society is a polite (and safe) society

[ottbmare]

And by the same token, the UK is scary and I do not feel safe there any longer. Twenty years ago I felt I had perfect freedom to walk around London and the countryside of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Kent; the police agreed with me that as long as I stayed out of dark London alleys after 10 p.m. I should be okay. Today, it’s dangerous in the extreme to go around much of London after dark, and crimes in the countryside are ignored. The police do nothing. My British friends, like the people in the article, are delighted when they come over here and would move here in a heartbeat if they could.

[Malesherbes]

Henry Adams famously said that no American ever dies in the land of his birth. He wasn’t referring to migration; he simply meant that America changes.

I’ve lived in Britain, and no older Briton today is living in the land of his (yes, or her) birth. Forget “Upstairs-Downstairs,” that’s long gone. Today “A Clockwork Orange” better describes the country. The Home Secretary - in charge of security - wears a bullet-proof vest when walking in her own neighborhood.

[petro45acp]

In fact, the crime rate across the US has been declining steadily. Some credit goes to enforcement, but a more telling statistic is the increase in the number of “shall issue” concealed carry permit laws being enacted. Something on the order of 75% of US states are shall issue states now. With the possibility of running into an armed “victim,” criminals are moving to different pickings.

“...personally owned weapons = homeland security!”

[Ditto]

This is New Jersey. Home of the Sopranos.

No old chap... Hollywood is the home of the Sopranos, not New Jersey.

With all the crap pouring out of tinsel town, it's no wonder the rest of the world is clueless about the United States.