No need to be amazed - it's all about cultural differences.
In some cultures, carrying a weapon is considered common, if not normal - and when going to "dangerous places" of course you'd carry.
The question is a fair one - and the answer is simple, as is pretty clear from the posts above - NO!
Only in the US does the "average" person carry a weapon, (before an American dumps on me and says "we don't all carry guns" by average I mean just that - "average Joe" can and does carry - NOT meaning that everyone does!).
Attendance at the first International BMWMOA rally (held in Canada) was significantly down from the usual - and the message I got from their bulletin board posts was that many wouldn't go because they had to leave their guns behind - no guns allowed in Canada.
Let's keep this a fair and reasonable discussion, and allow for cultural differences - and be happy that we can discuss the differences in thinking that people around the world have - and learn about each other from the discussion - WITHOUT "dumping" on each other.
And review this post on "Guns, knives and hand grenades" (started by a Brit):
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ubb...ML/000054.html
for more on the same subject - which seems to crop up with regularity!
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Grant Johnson
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One world, Two wheels.
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Grant Johnson
Seek, and ye shall find.
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Inspiring, Informing and Connecting travellers since 1997!
www.HorizonsUnlimited.com
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