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Bodyhammer, fair enough.
Absolutely true about the dip in crime since 93'. Any theory on that?
As to having the option to defend oneself, it's just that once a criminal already has a weapon pointed at you, whether or not you have one is moot.
Home invasion? Well, the stats for each home invader killed versus the amount of accidental deaths (children discovering the weapon, during cleaning, etc.) are something on the order of 20-1. How about during heated arguments? Much more impersonal to shoot rather than stab or choke.
So you decide to safeguard against these types of incidents, get a triggerlock, take out the firing pin, put the ammo elsewhere, then we are back to "criminal has weapon, you don't" at the critical moment.
I'm all for hunting, shooting ranges and so on.
I know what it says in your Constitution (inspirational document, in my opinion), however I doubt the framers believed that they knew everything and that they thought future generations would review and mend when necessary.
I think any changes would have to be slowly examined, which is what the gun debate seems to be all about.
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