i have a gun collection at home.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Gun laws and policies (collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control) regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification and use of small arms by civilians. Many countries have restrictive firearm policies, while a few have permissive ones. Countries with a strong gun culture may afford civilians a right to keep and bear arms, and have more-liberal gun laws than neighboring jurisdictions. Countries which regulate access to firearms will typically restrict access to certain categories of firearms and then restrict the categories of persons who may be granted a license for access to such firearms. There may be separate licenses for hunting, sport shooting ( target shooting), self-defense, collecting, and concealed carry, with different sets of requirements, permissions, and responsibilities. Gun laws are often enacted with the intention of reducing the use of small arms in criminal activity, specifying weapons capable of inflicting the greatest damage (such as fully automatic firearms) and those most-easily concealed (such as handguns and other short-barreled weapons). Persons restricted from legal access to firearms may include those below a certain age or having a criminal record.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I know many people here in the US who have guns at home, and find it fascinating how different laws and attitudes vary among different countries."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "many countries aren't as permissive as the U.S. when it comes to gun laws"}, {"role": "user", "content": "We've lived abroad, and seen it firsthand. To many, we're downright barbaric. It's a hot topic, I know -- but there has to be more than \"don't touch my guns!!!\""}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In 2013 alone there were 73,505 nonfatal firearm injuries. I am for guns but there must be a safer way to deal with them."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Okay, happy I'm talking to a like mind ;-). I so agree. It's crazy the *types* of guns that are legally for sale here in the US. Fine if you want to hunt. But an assault rifle....?! Really...?!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The United Kingdom is more restrictive but do allow guns. They have one of the lowest rates of gun homicide in the world. They must be doing something right."}, {"role": "user", "content": "And didn't Australia totally outlaw them after some mass shootings? It's beyond disheartening to witness the grip that the NRA has on our policy makers, to NOT change laws in the aftermath of so many mass tragedies."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Their laws differ by jurisdiction. They didn't even have any firearms until Europeans introduced them in 1788"}]