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Originally posted by Kadath
And that beast is the valid argument. See my post re: homicide statistics. Falls from great heights are also a cause of death, but nobody proposes a ban on those. A gun is, quite simply, the most efficient (not to mention popular) way for one human being to kill another human being that we've stumbled across.
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Yes, but it's also the most efficient way for one human being to protect themselves from an attack by another human being.
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