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| Rasmoh 02/19/18 2:04:36 AM #56: | darkknight109 posted... If guns were only used in defence of the innocent, I suspect that everyone, or nearly everyone, would support them. Anything and everything can be misused for the wrong reason. Restricting one's fundamental right to defend themselves is moronic and twisted, especially when you consider guns are often the only option with an efficacy for some people. In fact, guns are used far, far more often for criminal means than for self-defence. This is a horseshit statement and you know it. Guns deter millions of crimes every year, but that deterrence can't be packaged up into a neat little misleading statistic so you sit there and pretend that they don't. I don't know of anywhere where defending yourself is illegal and I'd love to see your source on this proving it isn't just ignorant scaremongering. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1461346/Five-years-in-prison-for-acting-in-self-defence.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9516776/Farm-tenant-arrested-after-burglars-shot-was-plagued-by-break-ins.html Literally the first two google search options. So are guns, really. Honestly, they're a terrible tool for self defence for several different reasons. They're not unless you don't train yourself to use them. Tasers and pepper spray fail all the fucking time because there are far too many variables that can hinder their efficacy in comparison to a gun. Lesser weapons, such as baseball bats or knives, can have their efficacy reduced to zero in the event of multiple attackers or an assailant physically outmatching you. Guns, at worst, put you on equal ground with an attacker. Your wife is more likely to survive by running away than she is by pulling a gun That's really not a better option than shooting a criminal. How high do you have to be to think it is? Yellow posted... REGULATED. The Republican spook word is in the constitution. At the time of the drafting of the 2nd Amendment, Well Regulated meant properly maintained, updated and trained. It did not mean the modern "regulated" term associated with endless bureaucratic bullshit. Republicans actually know this though, which is why that part doesn't concern them. --- Miami Dolphins | Portland Trailblazers | San Francisco Giants I won't say a thing, because the one who knows best is you. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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