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Originally posted by chromeboomerang:
[QB] "If one person says "I carry a gun because too many assholes are carying guns around", this person is just one more armed asshole."
This is false. To assume anyone who has a gun is an asshole is plain dumb. Single moms who have them by & large are not assholes. Law abiding citizens who carry them are aslo by & large not assholes. Really dim minded thinking there. & yes guns save lives. The numbers are clear on it. read the book "More guns less crime" & become enlightened.
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Glad to see you using another unbiased source.
That said, I honestly don't reckon your average dumb joe on the street is intelligent enough to own a firearm.
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"Because it isn't a necessary part of everybodies day to day life?"
This is also false. millions of guns are in millions of households for protection 365 days of the year.
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You miss my point, there was a time when fathers taught their sons to use firearms in the same way they taught them to track animals, plant crops and so on. It was an essential part of day to day life. Now, you don't need a firearm to survive, it isn't one of the basic necessities of existance. Sorry, but if a firearm is kept for protection I imagine that still doesn't mean it is used on a regular basis to keep ones family alive.
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"I pay taxes to have the police protect me, not to do their job : fire at people or get shot at."
This is one of the dumbest thought pathways on the subject. You're in your house,2 am, bad guy shows up. You call police & by the time they arrive, your robbed shot & feel somehow morally superior for not having a gun. The absolute height of stupidity. Morally superior & dead.
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Right, a bad guy comes into my house at 2AM, I get up, run own stairs to the cabinet my rifle is kept in by which time he has my 10 year old daughter against a wall with a gun to her head, nice.
Alternatively, it isn't kept in a secure facility, my 10 year old daughter and a mate are messing around, one of them gets shot. Nice.
Sorry but if a firearm is kept in a safe place it isn't of any use for defense. If it isn't, someone gets hurt.
I'll say it again, statistically speaking t firearm kept for 'self defense' is more likely to hurt your family than an intruder.