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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
A gun gives its wielder an efficient way of killing someone. There should be controls in place to ensure that not everyone has this power. This is especially the case if the leading cause of gun deaths is not self-defense (it's usually self-destruction).
The self-defense argument doesn't stand if you do the research. As one example, women have a much greater chance of being shot to death by their partners than they would by some stranger. Furthermore, for most people, having a gun in the home only increases the chances of accidental and intentional gun deaths (e.g. their partners).
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and just being in a car increases your chances of being in an MVA.
just working on the roof of your house increases your chances of a broken neck, should you fall.
there are risks in everything a person does. the chances of you coming out alive in any encounter with someone who has a gun increases exponentially if you have your own gun and know how to use it.
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
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