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Because 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
by iammisc 5y ago
Because 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.