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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
Most illogical thing I've ever heard in any argument. How are you going to defend yourself with a gun? As soon as whoever is intimidating you sees a gun, he'll shoot you or you'll shoot him, thereby resulting in a killing. It won't solve any problems.
The 4th Amendment is from a time when people used guns for hunting, now republicans want to keep this ancient crap around.
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The 2nd amendment, which most believe to encompass the right to bear arms, was mainly put in place to allow for the public to form militia for self defense and to have the ability to overthrow or defend against a government which had overstepped its bounds and become tyrannical.
The actual right to bear arms however is given by the presence of English common law, in which the right had been established many times over since the 1300's (I think). Although, this most certainly was the first codification of that premise in American (and maybe English Common Law).
I am not sure why this matters to the point you were making, but since this is the internet, I decided to say it rather than continue on with my homework!
On the actual topic of your post, I somewhat agree. I mean, if I am a gangbanger, even if I am thinking twice about doing a home invasion on a house that I know is armed to the teeth, I doubt it would change my mind about doing it. It would just mean that I am killing people a lot quicker if I think they might cause trouble, just out of self preservation.
