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Originally Posted by Targan
Indeed. I wonder, is that a widely-held opinion in the US do you think? You don't think that might result in whole orders of magnitude worse violence and slaughter than already occurs? I must say, it seems quite a novel idea from where I'm sitting.
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Well, the founders intended that the Second Admendment would allow the citizens to be just as well armed as the government, since they would be the last line in defense against tryanny. And in all honesty, you don't write the laws for the anomalies that pop up. 90% of the privately owned guns in the united states have never been used in the commission of a crime.
ditto when it comes to drinking and driving.. do we blame the car for what happens? or blame the pencil for misspelled words or sppons for obesity?
if we had real laws to counter the use of firearms during the commission of criminal acts, the law would be to classify such activities as being more horrendous and punish the offenders thus. Not take the guns away from those whom would use them lawfully and responsibly.
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