It's the people and culture we have here. The Swiss walk around, ride buses, hang around with guns. It's common to see rifles being carried in that country, including major cites. Do that here and it's a massacre.

I grew up around guns, many of my neighbors, in fact almost all, owned some type of firearm. No murders, almost no crime. That was upstate New York. Now I am in NYC, only 2 hours away, and it's almost impossible to get a gun permit, but every other criminal has one, and crime is out of control.

It's the people, the morals, and the overemphasis on tolerance. If someone is 20 years old and has been arrested 8 or 9 times convicted 3 or 4 times, and they stay on street, what's to be expected?