Quote:does anyone here own a weapon?I own a Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver. My father gave it to me and taught me how to use it responsibly, how to clean it and how to avoid using it on a human being as much as possible.
I never had to shoot anyone and I really hope I'll never have to, but I think that it is perfectly within my rights to have the means to defend myself.
I am not naive enough to think that anyone can use guns responsibly. But this is a true for every kind of weapon and even for things that can be used as weapons, such as...pretty much everything.
Plenty of people think that having a driving licence is an excuse to use the road as a playground. By doing so, they create a very serious potential danger for everyone around them. And they don't even have to take the conscious decision of pulling a trigger. Should we ban cars because of them?
Quote:I've used this argument time and time again: if you remove a right to any sort of weapon, the only people with the weapons are the government and the criminals...neither of whom should ever be allowed to have all the weapons.Exactly. We can't afford to leave the monopoly of the use of force in the hands of criminals and the government.
