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Originally Posted by Eric
The point of the argument is to say that individuals who are on the wrong side of the law will always have guns. If law abiding citizens are forced to be in a defensless situation then the unlawful will always win and in many cases take advantage of the situation.
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Yes but it's a gross oversimplification of a much more complex issue.
It's like saying cutting taxes boosts economic growth and the tax cuts pay for themselves.
When cutting taxes from 90% to 45% that is true, but when cutting them from 39% to 35% it isn't true, as has been demonstrated by the most recent tax cuts.
Let me ask all of you gun fans this. Do you think any American citizen should be allowed to have a nuclear or chemical weapon if they choose to? Does the 2nd amendment guarantee the right for you to have an Abrams tank or Tomahawk missiles?
If your answer to those question is no, then you do believe in some form of arms control, we just disagree about the degree of that control.