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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Anti-Gun Control argument fail... [View all]1965Comet
(175 posts)34. One could say the same thing about the gun in the hand of the criminal.
I freely admit that guns are great for threatening or hurting people. In our country, both perps and victims are routinely threatened and/or hurt by guns.
My point about self-defense is that we already do not allow certain weapon systems to be used for self-defense, and thus it seems the right is not absolute. Thus, while guns are great for self-defense, they should not be treated as an inherent feature or requirement of the "right of self defense".
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It is my belief that rights are innate in humans. They cannot be "taken away".
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#27
re: "...the right to self-defense has nothing to do specifically with hand guns..."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#29
re: "...we already do not allow certain weapon systems...the right is not absolute."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#38
Since the #1 priority of the gun control lobby is outlawing the most popular *rifles*,
benEzra
Jan 2017
#43
I don't really care whether anyone wants to use the new Mass Shooting measure...
Eleanors38
Dec 2016
#41