[quote]Originally posted by Neb:
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Generally arming the public with anything beyond stunguns, mace and such is a bad idea. ANYONE could get drunk and unleash their weapons on the rest of the public, the "fighting the dictators!" thing is just too far out an argument to help anything, that's my honest opinion. When in the last 100 years have the american population had to fight a "dictator" and win back their country?
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Well the US shows that this is not true, 400,000,000 legally owned firearms, and there is not a wave of drunken gunfire sweeping the nation. I know some times the news media makes it sound bad, but on the whole, there is actually little chance of an average person in this country of ever seeing a gun fight during their life...unless they join the military and even then the odds are against it.
Why does no one pay attention to the vast number of people who own guns and do nothing illegal and only use them for recreation, hunting or self defense? These people seem to count for nothing and only the small minority of the people who illegally use guns seem to be all important.
You do know, that we in the US have more people killed in cars that are used in a manner that is illegal....namely they are exceeding the speed limit, being driven while drunk or high or used as weapons in cases of Road Rage.
[ 05-24-2002, 09:20 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]