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I shoot as a hobby (steel and paper), and have a loaded gun on me at all times at home (on the bedstand when sleeping) for self defense. Removing that not only

by fein 11y ago

I shoot as a hobby (steel and paper), and have a loaded gun on me at all times at home (on the bedstand when sleeping) for self defense. Removing that not only kills a hobby that I love, but also places me at a mortal disadvantage if the situation arises. I'm actually for non violent felons being allowed to still have a right to self defense. If we had a program that could actually rehabilitate violent felons (the prison system DOES NOT do this), I'd be all for those people to be allowed the right to defend themselves as well. The people that are interested in causing you harm for their own gain really don't care how they do it; at this point in time the best equalizer for all is a firearm. The angle on a tyrannical government, and keeping that problem in check, is a whole different discussion and probably isn't suited for this forum.

Asbostos 11y ago
Most victims of guns aren't attackers that were shot in self defense. Are you saying it's better that large number of innocent people get killed than a minority of self-defending people? That doesn't sound like a safe solution overall - it only benefits the people who take more action to defend themselves and hurts everyone else. Question too - how do you use a gun to defend yourself against somebody else with a gun? Doesn't it come down to who can "draw" quicker - which will surely always be the attacker because he's the only one who knows what's about to happen? Or are you only talking about defending yourself against people without guns who who might use them impulsively so they don't have the advantage of surprise?
- fein 11y ago
  Most victims of guns are in gang related skirmishes in poverty centers.
- gnopgnip 11y ago
  Most people killed by guns are victims of suicide. America has a mental health problem. If you want to prevent deaths from guns fix the mental health problems first. If you want to stop people from dying focus on the number preventable cause of death, heart disease.

by fein 11y ago

Asbostos 11y ago

Most victims of guns aren't attackers that were shot in self defense. Are you saying it's better that large number of innocent people get killed than a minority of self-defending people? That doesn't sound like a safe solution overall - it only benefits the people who take more action to defend themselves and hurts everyone else. Question too - how do you use a gun to defend yourself against somebody else with a gun? Doesn't it come down to who can "draw" quicker - which will surely always be the attacker because he's the only one who knows what's about to happen? Or are you only talking about defending yourself against people without guns who who might use them impulsively so they don't have the advantage of surprise?

fein 11y ago
Most victims of guns are in gang related skirmishes in poverty centers.
gnopgnip 11y ago
Most people killed by guns are victims of suicide. America has a mental health problem. If you want to prevent deaths from guns fix the mental health problems first. If you want to stop people from dying focus on the number preventable cause of death, heart disease.