The next time someone asks "why do teh rest of the world hate americans"? I will point them to this thread.
As it happens I legally own a handgun here in Europe, but cannot imagine any confrontational situation where carrying it would not make matters worse. I think you mistake the intelligence to negotiate with pacifism. In iraq just after the war, american soldiers could walk about there safely with or without carrying their guns, now they are afraid to venture outsid etheir 'safe enclaves' except en masse with backup from tanks and aircraft.. the change is because they have simply antagonised the local populace with such sentiment and action as you have expressed.
As a point of reference British casualties were greater from American fire than iraqui until year three after the war.
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