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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
No. I am not saying you are insane for not owning a firearm. I'm saying that those who would say that the odds of their family being tortured, murdered, and mutilated are so low that they don't even bother considering it should be insane. My opinion is that my families safety, especially from those bent on criminal intent, is my highest priority, and it should be that way for others.
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I agree with your intent but disagree with your method.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
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Because the normal (i.e. sane) thing to do would be to install a sophisticated alarm system, move to a better neighbourhood, take self-defense courses, or a combination thereof.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
For one, keep the violent offenders locked up instead of sentencing them to 25 years and then letting them out after 3 because the prison is overcrowded. For two, stop letting places like NYcity, chicago, DC, and california deprive the people of gun ownership while instilling good firearm safey values and make the criminal element scared to employ it's chosen career field.
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I agree. Violent offenders should serve their sentences, but should have the opportunity for parole and only within a reasonable amount of time (3 years seems a bit short). Overcrowding is not a good reason, which is why it's good that de-industrialized and de-agricultrialized small-town America is shifting to prison farming. Well, it's not a
good thing, considering America as a prison state needs to sort out its problems, but, for the time being, it's better to house your abject citizens rather than exterminate them.
And good luck scaring criminality out of criminals. Many criminals aren't that way by choice. It's not like they're going to be too afraid to rob or steal and decide to try corporate America to fulfill their crack habit or to shake off those loan sharks in fear of losing their kneecaps. You can't scare away desperation. Desperation is already afraid. That's how people get shot.
But I'm all for instilling firearm safety values, especially since there are so many guns floating around in America. Children should be taught how to avoid blowing their faces off when they find Daddy's "cool gun." But this only goes so far. The suicidal don't care about safety values, nor do enraged spouses. Oh, and murder suicides are usually a combination of the two.