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Originally Posted by Katczinsky hev, when our freedoms and constitution was established, it was the cheif understanding that the costs of freedoms were well understood and people should take responsibility for their own actions and misuse of such freedoms under the law. For instance, people may get offended as a result to people exercising their right under the first amendment, but that doesn't mean we should ban freedoms of speech just because they're harmful to certain peoples. Consequently, sure handguns are destructive, and I despise them too, but right now I would rather not see our freedoms hindered any further, especially in a time when enough freedoms and rights are being ended.
And Dylan, I agree. The consequences of alcohol and drugs are sometimes just as or more harmful than handguns. |
I still can't buy a bag of marijuana but I CAN go buy a weapon of personal destruction. Makes perfect sense to me!
Freedom to put a hole through a human? That is not a personal freedom to hold in high regard.
I understand the correlation between alcohol being capable of causing devastation but it certainly isn't designed for that purpose, whereas guns certainly are designed to kill.... and handguns designed to be easy to conceal.
Wouldn't a fair compromise be to allow larger weapons for personal saftey being that they are not easy to conceal? --- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope --- There is little doubt that the world in general is more liberal than it was 50 years ago and beyond. Conservatives are simply roadblocks on the path to an ever more progressive and liberal world. What a sad existence.
Last edited by hevusa; 05-09-2006 at 09:25 PM.
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