"First, I am an European"

Well that helps narrow things down. I was wondering which asylum we should be calling.

As for gun crime in the US, here are some stats provided by the NRA, which, as some might not know, are substantiated if you go to the article and check their footnotes. Because the NRA is under constant scrutiny by the Left, they ensure that their facts are indeed FACTS.

Violent crime hit an all-time high in 1991. Since then, “gun control” laws have been eliminated or made less restrictive at the federal, state, and local levels; the numbers of privately-owned guns, gun owners, and Right-to-Carry states have risen to all-time highs; and violent crime has dropped 38%. Among the four categories of violent crime, murder has dropped 42%, rape 27%, robbery 45%, and aggravated assault 34%.

More Guns. The number of privately-owned guns is at an all-time high. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has estimated there were about 215 million guns in 1999;1 the National Academy of Sciences put the 1999 figure at 258 million.2 The number of new guns each year averages about 4.5 million.3 According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 68.6 million approved (new and used) NICS firearm transactions from 1994-2005.4 The FBI reports that there were 61.6 million approved NICS transactions from Nov. 30, 1998 through the end of 2005, and that the annual number of transactions increased 2.4% between 2003-2004 and 3.1% between 2004-2005.5

More Gun Owners. The number of gun owners is also at an all-time high. The U.S. population is at an all-time high (299 million), and rises about 1% annually,6 and numerous surveys over the last 40+ years have found that almost half of all households have at least one gun owner.7 Some surveys since the late 1990s have indicated a smaller level of gun ownership,8 probably because of some respondents’ concerns about “gun control,” perhaps a residual effect of the anti-gun policies of the Clinton Administration.

More Right-to-Carry. The number of RTC states is at an all-time high, up from 15 in 1991 to 40 today.9 In 2006, states with RTC laws, compared to the rest of the country, had lower violent crime rates on average: total violent crime lower by 26%, murder by 31%, robbery by 50%, and aggravated assault by 15%.10

Less “Gun Control.” Violent crime has declined while many “gun control” laws have been eliminated or made less restrictive. Twenty-five states have eliminated prohibitory or restrictive carry laws, in favor of Right-to-Carry laws. The federal Brady Act’s waiting period on handgun sales expired in 1998, in favor of the NRA-supported National Instant Check, and some states concurrently or thereafter eliminated waiting periods or purchase permit requirements. The federal “assault weapon” ban expired in 2004. All states have hunter protection laws, 46 have range protection laws, 47 prohibit local jurisdictions from imposing gun laws more restrictive than state law, 44 protect the right to arms in their constitutions, and Congress and 33 states have prohibited frivolous lawsuits against the firearm industry.11

Less Crime. The FBI reports that the nation’s total violent crime rate declined every year between 1991-2004, to a 30-year low in 2004, and that it has risen slightly in the last two years.12 By comparison, the most recent Bureau of Justice Statistics crime victim survey found that “at the national level crime rates remain stabilized at the lowest level experienced since 1973,” when the first such survey was conducted.13

The FBI’s data show that since 1991, when the violent crime rate hit an all-time high, and 2006, total violent crime has decreased 38%, murder 42%, rape 27%, robbery 45%, and aggravated assault 34%. During 2004-2006, total violent crime was lower than anytime since 1974. For the last eight years, the murder rate (fluctuating between 5.5 and 5.7 per 100,000 annually) has been lower than anytime since 1965. Studies by and/or for Congress, the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress, the National Institute of Justice, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found no evidence that “gun control” reduces crime.14

http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=206&issue=007

"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine

"...How many American citizens go on the street armed..."

No idea. Probably quite a few. So? An armed society is a polite society. Furthermore, an armed man is a citizen, while an unarmed man is just a subject.

And since there is no international war taking place, the laws of warfare do not apply. Even if some parts of the country may resemble a combat zone.

"Aren't there over 25.000 killings..."

No idea. Perhaps there are. Maybe we prefer to use guns instead of axes, swords and the like. So? what is the connection with the Levant business?

Peter Kiss

Afghanistan.
Your comment holds mistakes and errors in every sentence.
The "mujahedeen* were armed by the US via the ISI.
The real fighters, like the most famous Ahmed Shah Massood, were NOT armed by the US but by their own wits. Massood PAID for his arms because he controlled the Pansher Valley and the Pansher emeralds, the most beautiful and most expensive in the world.
The Taliban came only AFTER the Russians left.
I have no time now, I' ll try to write some more tonight.

"First,you accept the concept of "right" and "wrong" is a reality.
They are constructions. A number of inputs (parents, school, religion, climate, soil, food, ...) determine our brain to regard things as 'right' or 'wrong'(to beat slaves, to eat porc, ...). Different imputs imply different views. Any ethical discussion is inconclusive on this concept."

Then you have destroyed any argument you present and have presented. You have no basis to condemn anyone's actions.

"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine

You're so predictable it IS boring. Your reasoning skills are what is lacking. Before you take up so much bandwith and people's time, how about showing your reader some respect by learning how to think?

"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine

Afghanistan is a combat zone since the first Russian intervention and it has not stopped until this very day.
The use of the term alien for non-person is wrong. Full stop.

You can't even distinguish between the terms "aliens" and "non persons". Why should anyone listen to you? Arendt was referring to the Nazi officers at the Nuremberg trials. Your poor attempt to equate them with US military is absurdity at best.

If there is any "banality" here, it's your mind.

"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” – Thomas Paine

Since when are aliens non-persons?

As far as Gitmo is concerned, this whole non-topic is so blown out of proportions that it becomes ridiculous.
For most of those people it is impossible to prove that they are terrorists. On the other hand what were they doing in Afghanistan, in training areas? I know Afghanistan and I have friends there but I am not going near an Al Quaida training camp and you will not find me close to a war zone. It is also not what you would call a tourist resort. An Arab, American, French or any other nationality caught there during the fighting is definitely either a terrorist or a trainee terrorist or a sympathizer. All of those specific names are good for a one-way thicket as far as I am concerned.
How are you going to prove he is a terrorist when he is still alive?
Of course shit happens but that's too bad, end of story.