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> Getting rid of guns is not going to solve violent people. I do not understand this "the proposed solution is either a panacea of don't bother" attitude to ma
by nuerow 5y ago
> Getting rid of guns is not going to solve violent people.
I do not understand this "the proposed solution is either a panacea of don't bother" attitude to major problems in society. The whole point of guns is to make it extremely easy and simple to apply lethal force instantly from a distance onto multiple targets and without any chance of defense. Don't you think that taking that away from practically all attackers improves everyone's chances of surviving an attack?
- iammisc 5y agoThe 'proposed solution's tramples on a fundamentally more important right.
- nuerow 5y agoWhy do you feel that the right to own a gun is "fundamentally more important" than the right to live your life without the risk of being gunned down?
- iammisc 5y agoBecause all life has risk, and the purpose of government is not to eliminate all risk to life. Such a government would be immensely awful. Gun ownership, self defense, and most importantly, the maintenance of real armed power in the population at large discourages a worse outcome, than the loss of any particular life.