--- "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There is a big
> difference between pen knives - which can be overcome by a roused
> majority if brandished by an idiot... and guns which allow an idiot
> to cow a majority.
Ture: ...however, the other side is----
Without firearms people still kill.
Without firearms the violent power is in the hands of those with superior
size and/or years of training.
Firearms are the grate equalizer. For instance, the largest brute in the
neighborhood cant just come and take your mate whenever he wants, because you
(or your mate) will take out your Glock and end his life. And don't tell me
this is far fetched because I have been placed in that situation.
Unfortunately the equalizer also raises the stakes. Idiots with guns are much
worse than idiots with knives. But they aren't really any worse than an idiot
--who is physically larger and more powerful-- with knives.
If there wern't many violent idiots then a gun free society would just make
sense. But unfortunately that is just not the case.
Since the UK has banned firearms violent crime (especially those involving a
perps with firearms) has gone up. Since Texas & Nevada have relaxed their
concealed carry laws violent crime (especially those involving a perp with a
gun) have gone down.
Put Firearms in the hands of teachers, and train them how to properly use
them, and violence in schools will go down.
It seems counter intuitive, but that's the way it seems to work. Think of it
this way, Terrorists, (and other idiots) go for soft targets, make everything
a hard target and you reduced their ability, and more important their
willingness to strike.
Jan
Cold-and-Hard Maru
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