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Originally Posted by cykoe6
You can argue back and forth endlessly about the overall benefits to society of gun control versus gun rights but that is not the issue. The issue is that the fundamental right to defend yourself is one of the most important elements of a free society..... the founders knew this which is why they specifically protected that right in the Bill of Rights.
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The forefathers also made the constitution amendable so that it could change with the times and be improved as needed. Defend yourself, sure, but modern firearms are different from the ones back in the day that was written. So was society. Today they create more problems then they solve or at least create enough problems that a blanket ban on citizenry owned guns would be a better thing than every citizen owning a gun.