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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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You forgot to highlight this green.
In all seriousness, I don't need a semi-automatic glock to hunt bucks. I use my rifle.
Maybe in the States where guns are already rapid your point might be valid as it could be tough to weed out guns from the criminals but in other truly free societies such as Canada with tight gun control and with most used for hunting it's not an issue. The average Canadian citizen doesn't need a gun for protection from others.