Gun Control in India

India (as does UK and most of Europe) does indeed violate the basic right to bear arms. It is no secret that there are more well trained gunhandlers per capita in the US, than in any other developed or developing (eg BRIC) nation. In the US, such an incident can only occur in schools/universities where other students are without arms. It is inconceivable for a group of 10 to take 3 buildings hostage for over 60 hours in the US, because there will be more than likely enough numbers of well trained gun weilding citizenry who when faced with death would most certainly defend themselves. That also should provide an answer to the much asked question: Why has there not been a terrorist attack after 9/11 in the US? Its self evident: once the US intelligence services tightened the routes for terrorists to procure RDX or bombs, the only other freely available mechanisms (read: Guns) available to terrorists would only result in a zero-sum game.  
 
In India, first there needs to be actual comprehensive training of cops who do hold guns. Look at the cctv images of the CST train station. There were gun weilding cops who were terrified to even face and shoot at the 2 terrorists. Forget about citizens having guns!!

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