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Originally posted by shamrock_uk:
What about the causality though? If a burglar expects that the house he's about to burgle might have a gun inside, he will make sure he's armed appropriately. Whereas the victim might have got away with a knock on the head before, now they might end up dead.
It seems to me that legalisation of this sort amounts to escalation, and is therefore not much different than the arms races we see on a global scale.
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I see things differently, if the house I was going to break into looked like there might be a reasonable chance for a gun to be present I would move on to an easier mark, one where my life would be less likely to be in danger.
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