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Originally Posted by Crompsin
That features two distinct parts:
1. Crazy (a noun for person)
2. Gun (the implement of choice)
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Is it easier to "fix" a gun or "fix" a person?
I'd suggest that the gun isn't broken... it's doing what it was designed to do: propel metal projectiles in one direction.
How do we fix the person? Good parenting, education, afterschool sports, social programs, less TeeVee, more sex.
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Mmm, I should think about this some more.
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Even if we argue that the gun is somehow broken or flawed in some way, 'fixing' it doesn't solve the problem. If I've learned anything from watching James Bond films, it's that nearly any household object can be fatal.
It's still a situation where I'm not sure adding more guns is the right thing to do. Then again, I don't know if there is a right thing to do. I do know that I'm more unsettled by the idea of random people on the street being armed than I am by the idea of nobody being armed.
(Yeah, I know, those aren't exactly the choices offered...)