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Originally Posted by D
Fact: As the courts have affirmed time and time again, U.S. citizens are not constitutionally entitled to police protection.
Our forefathers declared the citizen as the ultimate authority in our country. The Founding Fathers knew that this authority must be backed by lethal force, and for the rest of time. We're a Republic. We're not a Police State.
Just as having a populace trained in CPR and the Heimlich maneuver can be an asset to society, so can be an armed society properly trained in weapon use.
The tragedies are a shame when they happen, but perhaps they're a part of living in a free society with mentally unstable people.
I say the answer's in treating the people... and many of you are telling me the answer's in limiting the freedom.
Let's not forget that, historically, the first step toward tyranny has nearly always been disarming the populace.
It continues to baffle me how many people are consistently willing to surrender their liberties for an illusion of greater security.
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It's not entirely about the gun regulation, I don't know how about US but no crimes around here are commited with a legally held gun anyway, so you will regulate the wolves by closing down all the dogs.
The tragedies are a shame when they happen, but perhaps they're a part of living in a free society with mentally unstable people.
I dare to say this is alibism - there is no other country such as US in the world with so much gun crazy tragedies and mass slaughter, and there is no doubt there are mentally unstable people everywhere, what's the reason?
I believe it all has cultural roots, success driven culture, some people can't take it they get bashed 100 times, then they just get a blackout and wipe their fuckin smalltown out. Add incredibly simple access to guns and you are there.
I can remember only one mass carnage that happened here and it was I guess in 1968 when some psycho drove a van to a bus stop full of people, killed about 13 of them, so it's not even about having a gun.
Although the possession of the guns off course rapidly increases the chance as far as you are more liable to get involved in an armed conflict.
