We should license good citizens to carry guns so that they could shoot back when warranted. You can't take guns away from the criminals. It just won't happen. You can't take drugs away from those who want them. They get them anyway from the black (street) market. There are a lot more "unintended consequences" than the simplistic argument below would indicate. If you don't allow the good citizen to carry a gun, he won't, and the criminals will know that their victims will always be unarmed. Knowing that, the criminals commit more crime.
I stay out of places with strict gun control as much as I possibly can. The crime rate (risk of getting attacked) is much higher in those places. Fred Holmes At 12:21 PM 8/11/2009, [email protected] wrote: >On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:36 AM, TPiwowar<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Using Microsoft popularity-malware logic suggests that the more people who >> are walking around with weapons the more often those weapons will be used. > > Microsoft logic or not, I would agree. Just about every human is >already armed with fists, yet fists rarely stop fist fights from >happening, and in fact, they cause them to happen. > > I would have to think that if it came to pass where it was legal for >just about everybody to be walking around with loaded guns, that big >switch blades, machetes, blackjacks, brass knucks and all sorts of >other weapons of destruction would also be legal. After all, guns are >more lethal and dangerous than those others, so if guns become okay to >pack around, why not less lethal devices? Otherwise, only allowing >legal gun toting would be nothing but a sop to the gun lobby and >enthusiasts. Why not let the individual choose their own WMD? Who >would want government making such decisions for you? > > Steve > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
