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Originally Posted by worth
The right to bear arms is fundamental to a truly free society. More guns in the hands of lawful competent citizens is better for everyone. When you ban guns, the only people who have them are criminals. Anyone who is law abiding will turn them in, otherwise they too are a criminal. So how does that help any situation?
There is a fundamental misunderstanding and moreover an ideal in some peoples minds that by somehow taking guns away from responsible people, this will stop the shootings. Focus on taking the guns away from criminals and there will be less crime. If you focus on taking guns away from law abiding citizens, there will be more crime and more victims of crime that could have prevented such an eventuality in the proper circumstances.
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I might agree with you if life was like a western movie..but its not. How many times do you hear of a law abiding family or citizen successfully thwarting an attack because they pulled out their home gun and had good old fashion shootout with some kind of criminal attacker. I've heard of very few cases. Actually I can't remember any off hand.
And how many times do you hear about accidental gun deaths related to having guns in the home. Or guns being stolen from law abiding homes. Or a law abiding citizen going psycho and resorting to using that home gun, or his kids going psycho and using that gun at school.
I agree with Flashpoint, more guns in general equates to less safety.