That's all one needs for home defense in a gated crack house community
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For all their being "outdated' they are STILL front line equiptment for the US Navy SEAL teams, US Army Rangers and Delta Force, USMC Fleet Recon teams, British SAS and SBS, Royal Marine Commandos, the Israeli special forces teams, AND Russian "Spendetz' troops, but WHAT DO THEY KNOW, right? YOU KNOW MORE THAN ALL them...BTW ask this yr`s deer hunters more than 1/3rd of which who DID NOT use a GUN. Come break into MY house at night, FOOL...somthing might get STUCK in your "craw"...and I like the WIDER broadheads too...
I read the paper thoroughly and then did some background research and all the countries listed there have stringent gun control laws by US standards. Compared to the United States, they all group together, even Switzerland which requires guns for active duty and reserve military households but restricts ammunition severely and the purposes for which the guns may be used as well. The actual outlier was Russia which was and still is in a state of chaos following the breakup of the Soviet Union and is pretty much not comparable as a result to any of them.
Like I said before the additional research I found shows me that I can easily live with the gun control measures in those European nations with the most guns.
It is the article you cite that is cherry picking from the paper, that it references, which does not properly qualify its comparison sets in the first place, both completely ignoring any cultural difference between the nations involved and not relating that in the least to American culture which is dramatically different from all of them when it comes to guns and crime.
I read a lot of formal publications, I have a hard drive full of them, and the paper is a example of sloppy scholarship which is compounded by slanted reporting which is often the case when such extensions are made. FWIW I see that all the time in press releases for scientific papers, too, generally done in a very similar manner, which is why I got the original just as I do with the scientifically juried publications and read it through carefully, noting as I did that background for the sets used was not properly defined or qualified. I then confirmed that with independent sources. Sorry that paper is trash and the article about it is worse. The conclusion in the original paper is basically worthless. No positive commentary cannot possible exceed that quality level, and in fact there is nothing there to argue against either except that it is a waste of time, since it is so poorly done.
Far out there LT. Arrow thru the throat. Good imagination. You keep it loaded?