Unfortunately, the socialistic press and their firearm confiscation friends appeal to a thoughtless, self deceived crowd on the basis of emotion. They fail to mention, (because they decieve), that even when looking at the situation from a pragmatic point of view, rather than a philosophically principled viewpoint; that gun confiscation does not save life but relieves populations of people from their lives. "Hows that for a run on sentence. I'm just trying to get back at my English teachers of days gone by...."
That "just one life saved" hokey that the registration/ confiscation/ permit crowd espouses is quite litterally evil. That is not just my humble opinion. That is the opinion of many societies that were eventually denied the full liberty to exercise their God-given rights to self protection, only to be eventually denied their God-given rights to live free of mass rapes, tortures, and murders. These are the eventual conclusions of firearm laws following their slippery slope to disarmament.
Pipper, I agree with you that ownership of firearms by private citizens saves many more innocent lives. The above is not directed at you, but is rather expanding on what you have said. However, the ONLY truly pro-firearms laws that could be passed are those which abolish the ones already on the books. I know that there are pro-gun groups out there that talk about "enforcing those gun laws already on the books." But there are way too many on the books already. In fact I believe that it would be quite easy to show that any laws directed at this particular class of weapons used RATHER than the crime/criminal is useless, at best. The Vermont, no need to register or gain federal/ state permission, carry legislation is the only way to go.
I think that the premise of just how many lives are actually saved through self defense is a good one Pipper. Whether it be self defense from criminals (who don't obey the laws that the govt imposes), or self defense from the law makers (that kill far more people than the common street criminals).
Their comparison is a comparitively small group.... a handful. Ours counts into the tens of millions!
I don't have the time to right a term paper here and I doubt if anyone wants to read any more of my lengthy comments. But if you want some good reading and a place to start research on the subject, check out
jpfo.org . They have some good info.
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