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Originally posted by Lebell
I'll also repeat that the Second Ammendment was not written for "hunters", but so that the people would not be disarmed in the event of a tyranical state, so the notion of "the police and the military" only having guns is exactly what the Second Ammendment is designed to avoid.
BTW, it would be helpful to know what country you live in, since you say you aren't American.
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I am aware that the Second Ammendment was written for that purpose. I've always found that facinating. While it is an amazing bit of counter balance right in the constitution it is highly unworkable in this day and age. Do you honestly thing an uprising by the people wouldn't be squashed by the far superior fire power of the US military? Besides there are MUCH better political counter balances that can be used to oust a tyranical state (election 2004 perhaps... j/k... sort of).
As for the reported cases of people fighting off intruders... yes. A gun was handy at that moment.
Is there a direct relation to the number of gun related "incidents" to the number of guns available?
If there were fewer guns total would there less gun violence?
Why is America so apparently "obsessed" with guns when other countries are not?
By the way, I'm Canadian. How long have I been posting here?
