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The same kind of arguments are used to argue against the Second Amendment: "I don't care if guns make people safer in their homes. If it's that easy to lose con
by theorique 13y ago
The same kind of arguments are used to argue against the Second Amendment: "I don't care if guns make people safer in their homes. If it's that easy to lose control and shoot your spouse, we shouldn't encourage it."
The fact that immoral men exist and occasionally do terrible things should not bias us against the vast majority of good men for whom such acts are unthinkable.
- rmc 13y agoComparing gambling to guns-in-USA is not a great example, because many other countries do not recognise the right of the people to guns.
- theorique 13y agoNot every country loves freedom ;)
- normloman 13y agoIf it's that likely that you're going to shoot your spouse, then you're not safer in your home, are you? Well maybe you are, but your spouse isn't. Also, if we apply the argument of the original commenter is "We should encourage people to gamble in the name of slightly accurate polling". Now many people have concluded that owning a gun is worth the risk of accidentally shooting your spouse. But who here wants to throw away money to make election polling slightly better.