RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
December 5, 2013 at 8:00 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2013 at 8:03 pm by Foxaèr.)
(December 5, 2013 at 7:57 pm)freedomfromfallacy Wrote: As long as the stone in my hand is bigger than the stone in the hands of a thug we're all set.
It would probably be a knife.
Of course, violence is going to persist, but it does not have to persist in the form of guns.
Stating that guns are needed just because the other guy illegally has one is not a valid reason for guns to remain, as far as I am concerned.
Criminals tend to choose guns because it is much easier to kill people with guns than with knives or stones. It also makes the kill impersonal. If there were no guns, I speculate that not many criminals will be too happy about having to use knives or stones to continue killing. In fact, they probably will not even go that route.
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