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Shouldn't people also have the freedom to not have bullets put in their bodies? How do you grant them the freedom to live in peace?

• gscott 9y ago
  Being alive means that you have a random chance of being killed multiple ways including choking, a heart attack, tripping and hitting your head, a medical mistake, killed by an improvised explosive device, etc. Welcome to life. The best way to not have bullets in your body is to just go about your daily life because it is more likely you will be killed by lightning from the sky or a transformer from a pole hitting you.
  • uoaei 9y ago
    The best way to not have guns on your person is to just go about your daily life because it is so unlikely you will ever be in a position where you will need to use one.
• mindcrime 9y ago
  Well there are no guarantees in life; except that if you do it long enough, you die. So no, I can't guarantee that someone won't kill you with a gun... but I also can't guarantee that they won't drive a car into the sidewalk where you're standing, fly a plane into the building you're in, release Sarin gas on your subway car, etc. What we can do though, as a society, is try to maximize personal Freedom while acknowledging that no system is perfect. We can certainly make sure that your right to be armed, in order to protect yourself in many situations, is respected. We can also ensure that The People are armed as a final, last-ditch check on unrestrained exercise of power by the State. In the end though, bad things sometimes happen. And I don't see the justification for running rough-shod over people's rights, in an attempt to prevent some potential, may-never-be-realized, harmful scenario.