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Originally Posted by Willravel
The cost of carrying a gun aren't necessarily low.
There are risks to children who use the gun without having the maturity to appreciate the dangers and repercussions:
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According to the Department of Justice, during no yearsince 1976 did the annual number of gun deaths among ages 0-17 exceed 3791. You have to start stretching the definition of "child" by a few years to get the statistic you're quoting.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicid...weapagetab.htm
Most of those youth deaths are drug or gang related anyway. I'm really, really unlikely to come across a situation where having a gun can save me, but if carrying around something I bought for fun instead of locking it up when I'm not at the range might save my ass someday, why not?
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Originally Posted by Derwood
why was my post deleted?
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Mods can see deleted posts, but I don't see any
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Originally Posted by Martian
Further to that, I also sort of think that pulling a gun on someone who's after my wallet or my car or anything else material just seems like a good way to cause him to panic and do something unpredictable (and probably very, very bad for me).
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That's a strawman. It's not about saving a wallet or a car, it's when it comes down to making a choice between defending ourselves or being shot/stabbed/whatever.