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ProfessorPlum

(11,256 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:59 AM Oct 2018

Guns aren't shields [View all]

Everytime there is a shooting, we get the usual "more guns would have solved this problem". But guns don't shield people - they lead to, at best, an even larger hail of bullets.

This sounds so incredibly stupid to have to say. People need protection from guns. And guns don't provide that.

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Guns aren't shields [View all] ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 OP

We didn't cure polio by spreading the disease RainCaster Oct 2018 #1

Actually, we didn't cure polio at all. We eradicated its spread. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #6

Technically, we did spread the poliovirus in vaccines. aikoaiko Oct 2018 #14

The element of surprise is more powerful than the gun hexola Oct 2018 #2

guns are inherently offensive weapons, not defensive. unblock Oct 2018 #3

K&R, GREAT RETORT !!! uponit7771 Oct 2018 #4

Sometimes they are. pintobean Oct 2018 #5

This is definitely a case of justifiable homicide meow2u3 Oct 2018 #7

wow, what an effective shield ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #8

They're alive, along with the rest of the customers and employees pintobean Oct 2018 #9

listen, of course ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #10

I live in one of the most dangerous cities in the country. pintobean Oct 2018 #11

you have my sympathies that you have to live in fear so much of the time. ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #12

I don't live in fear pintobean Oct 2018 #13