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In reply to the discussion: Do women have the right to self-defense even if the chosen means of defense is a gun? [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)62. Everyone has the right to self defense
If the society one lives in allows gun ownership, then nobody should be excluded, except by a court and on a case by case basis. Mental illness is a very broad term. It does not necessarily infer that an individual is a danger to himself or others. Same goes for convicted felons.
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Do women have the right to self-defense even if the chosen means of defense is a gun? [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
OP
"No self respecting gunner is confused about the answer to that question."
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#13
Protestations notwithstanding, your question couldn't have been more fairly stated. nt
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#14
I agree. Perhaps even a system in the event the family is not present. Obviously this would include
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#39
i know we don't see eye-to-eye on much of this but thank-you for contributing to the thread.
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#42
Do black men have the right to self-defense even if the chosen means of defense is a gun?
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#15
The ability to self-defend is a Civil Right we all possess, a natural and inalienable right.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#5
In a society where guns are available as tools of self defense, then Yes!
Starboard Tack
Dec 2014
#58
Good position, but your justification works for the mentally ill as well.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#61