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You're right, we are just as important as any other living thing and to kill for fun or to extinction is wrong, that's why there are laws about that. That's why there's a hunting season and you need a licence. What about families who's survival depends on what they hunt that season? Are they above nature? I don't think so, because they are part of the food chain with the other animals. Each animal has a defense mechanism. Humans are weak, but what they lack in claws, fur etc they make up in intelligence and skills. Humans don't have claws, they build their own weapons. This is not being above nature. This is completing the natural cycle. Is fishing wrong too?It's painfully idiotic to have said that, but ultimately we are just as important as every other living thing on this planet. To kill for fun is wrong. To kill to extinction is wrong. To think yourself above nature is wrong. therefore to be human is almost wrong in itself, but while we are at it we are better of with no guns whatsoever.
I come from Central Europe and currently living in Ireland...UK and Ireland police carries no guns except for special forces. Central and eastern Europe countries to my knowledge allow their police to carry guns. General population have no guns, in fact in all my 25 years of existence, I didn't see a single one person with a gun in his or her possession. To cling to the fact that you need a gun for your protection is out of the question in "my" Europe.
rant over
I come from Europe as well. I come from a "no gun" background as well. I've lived most of my life in Europe. Yet I came to understand and defend the right to own a gun.