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Originally Posted by Robbie
I think GrapeSoda is pointing out that we don't NEED protection against a gun. We need protection against CRIMINALS.
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Before that we need protection from the mentally ill. This is where the problem is. Shooters become a criminal the moment they shoot someone. However, they are mentally ill long before then.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
And criminals will get a gun anytime they want one no matter what the law is...they are criminals.
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Yet the crime rate - always historically higher than most cities - continues to enact more laws and watches the crime rate come down.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
As I keep saying...if our society has decided that we should disarm the population, then Congress should repeal the 2nd Amendment. That's part of their job.
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Perhaps we should discuss this.
I honestly believe that when the 2nd Amendment was written, firearms were a requirement. Law enforcement was spotty at best, and there was no such thing as animal control. We also didn't have a military, and relied on the militia to protect our country and our government.
None of these reasons exist any more. Law enforcement is a short phone call away, we don't worry much about cougars and bears, and we have the strongest military in the world. At the same time, violent crime in the United States continues to fall.
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In the meantime you have politicians trying to get face time on t.v. by enacting gun laws that will eventually be found to be unconstitutional in the end.
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This is what politicians do.
And this a part of the problem - not just with firearms but in general. Instead of being proactive, they wait until something happens then over react.
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Personally I don't care one way or another...except that until they change the 2nd Amendment they are infringing on my rights because of the actions of 1/100000000 of 1% of crazy people and criminals.
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I have firearms but if the government took them away in the morning I would quickly get over it.
Honestly, I am much more concerned about people's driving habits than firearms. The odds of some jack ass hitting me "by accident" is 100%, while the odds of someone invading my house are like .000006%.