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>I'm not saying gun ownership leads to more shootouts, I'm saying that a significant
>proportion of the population carrying guns around with them leads to increased chance of
>heated situations escalating into gunfights.

I'd be more comfortable with two idiots spraying each other with pepper spray if they have to have some duel/shootout compared to actual firearms. I'd like to not have to worry about being an unintended target due to someone having bad aim. And so would other sane Americans that would also like to go to businesses without being hit by bullets because some dumbshit with a gun wanted to shoot at someone else.

>The big difference is that Australians don't carry their guns around with them in general.

The US citizens back in 1890s to 1910s finally got their act together and had enough and with laws written at the time then banned the feel-good notion of everyone being allowed to go around carrying around guns in holsters mentality.

Guns in houses or businesses are okay (if stored there and handled properly....wishful thinking). As for being allowed to carry in public, it should only be depending upon specific job descriptions (security/courier/bail bondsman etc) as I posted earlier that might have higher risk compared to other jobs. If anyone else has needs to wear a holster with a weapon, let it be mace or pepper spray only....no guns.

Duel: Walk ten paces, turn around towards each other and spray away.

Maybe we'll have better aiming fragrance sprayers in the department store shopping malls when next holiday season comes around.