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Old 01-17-2004, 10:20 AM   #113 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Kadath
Thanks for opening my eyes on the police issue. However, I think the leap to "we need guns to protect ourselves" is rather a convenient one. Where does your right to posess arms to protect yourself stop? Can you have cyanide-tipped armor-piercing bullets? How about a tank? Who decides what is reasonable?
Well, if not with guns, then what with?

Most people use the tool that is the most effective, especially if the application is critical.

Anyway, as to your other question, the same people who decide the scope of all the other ammendments, i.e., the courts.
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