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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
Dirty F, even if one successfully made the argument that banning guns nationwide would reduce crime and murder in the aggregate (it surely would), that still doesn't mean that fact alone should lead one to conclude that a banning gun ownership is something that should be done. Other factors such as individual choice and freedoms, as written into the Bill of Rights are important to consider also.
Of course one could also make the argument that alcohol and tobacco should be banned outright just because it would save lives but few are making that argument...
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Or, perhaps more apt... and I know Franck loves this one... banning cars because a few idiots get drunk behind the wheel every year, and take some innocent lives.
Firearms, like automobiles, are tools. Part of living in a free society with tools is accepting that there are going to be those individuals that misuse them. I say the answer is in treating the individuals - not limiting the freedom.
Franck doesn't say anything but "I don't talk to anyone that says the car thing, anymore," though, insofar as I realize, I'm the only person that's used that analogy, and I don't understand "anymore", as, again - insofar as I know - he's never addressed it to begin with.
And forget it if that's one one of 5 or 6 points you've made (check the thread linkedabove for reference)... none of them are worth addressing once you've said the word "car."
Like I said in my last post in this thread... asinine.