answer:I live in spain, where gun laws are very harsh. its almost impossible to own a gun. and while i have never been shot, i have been shot at, or had been near where an armed maniac was shooting randomly. being shot at was by an old farmer when i was about 14 or so. me and a friend where taking a shortcut through a field when we heard shouting and then a couple of gun shots as we run away. farmers are one of the few that still will maybe be armed. there are also a handful of hunters, but they mostly use crossbows and things. the other time was at a club in my town, some local rich kid pill pusher rushed in and started fiering off shots, i just ducked down but kind of hidden. he only got a few shots off, then he run. apparantly he was trying to shoot a guy for some thing related to his woman. one of those silly “you looking at ma woman” fights that go on in clubs.