Sounds like good news to me.

>> ^Almanildo:
Sounds like good news to me.

Guns in the hands of a free populace are the ultimate guarantor of that freedom. That's not just my opinion.

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"

-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

I am aware of that point of view, and if freedom is the only ideal, it might even make sense. If you also want to see reduced violence, it does not make sense.

>> ^Almanildo:
I am aware of that point of view, and if freedom is the only ideal, it might even make sense. If you also want to see reduced violence, it does not make sense.


It does make enduring sense, for to defend onreelf with pacifism is to be a victim or subject. The savages will always run amock, with guns or without, it is just men with weapons who keep our society civil.

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Which is why violence is monopololized in the police.

>> ^Almanildo:
Which is why violence is monopololized in the police.

And that is why it is better to have an armed populace. Look at violence in cities where the people have been disarmed (Chicago, D.C.) compared to those with more liberal carry laws (Dallas, Portsmouth). Live free or die, mate!