Gwinnydapooh
Retired Screen Name
MMG, I used to agree with you about that wave of the magic wand. That used to be my argument too--"Get the criminals to hand in theirs and I'll hand in mine."
I have since decided it just isn't a good idea even if it were possible (I'd say you and I agree that it isn't possible.)
See, if you get rid of every gun there ever was, violent people will still exist. There will still be criminals, thugs, dictators, usurpers, etc. If all the guns are gone, then they pick up machetes and chainsaws, molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, bottles of bleach and tires full of gasoline. Then I have to pick up those things too, and we're right back where we started. The real pipe dream for me is that all the criminals' guns disappear and I keep mine. See, I don't want a fighting chance against someone who attacks me with a knife. I don't want an equalizer against someone who attacks me with a broomstick. I want a massive advantage and I feel I'm entitled to it--after all, he attacked me, not the other way around. That means even if the guy coming at me "only" has a knife, I still want the option of drawing a gun. We can agree to disagree; some people just have a more strongly conditioned sense of fair play than I do.
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Don
"Its not criminals that go into schools and shoot children"
--Ann Pearston, British Gun Control apologist and moron
I have since decided it just isn't a good idea even if it were possible (I'd say you and I agree that it isn't possible.)
See, if you get rid of every gun there ever was, violent people will still exist. There will still be criminals, thugs, dictators, usurpers, etc. If all the guns are gone, then they pick up machetes and chainsaws, molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, bottles of bleach and tires full of gasoline. Then I have to pick up those things too, and we're right back where we started. The real pipe dream for me is that all the criminals' guns disappear and I keep mine. See, I don't want a fighting chance against someone who attacks me with a knife. I don't want an equalizer against someone who attacks me with a broomstick. I want a massive advantage and I feel I'm entitled to it--after all, he attacked me, not the other way around. That means even if the guy coming at me "only" has a knife, I still want the option of drawing a gun. We can agree to disagree; some people just have a more strongly conditioned sense of fair play than I do.
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Don
"Its not criminals that go into schools and shoot children"
--Ann Pearston, British Gun Control apologist and moron