A deterrant to tyranny
self-defense
sport (hunting)
shoot stuff in the backyard just for the fuck of it
Take your pick. There's plenty, not just a single. I'm sure the founders had in mind many reasons why the populous should be armed, not just one.
Nevertheless, it is safe to say that deterring tyranny was a big part of it.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 6:09
1 bullet started ww1.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 7:56
>>42
That's an argument for gun control? Besides WW1 would have started anyway considering how bad relations between Germany, Britain and France were. That bullet just gave it boost.
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Xel2006-06-28 9:34
It seems as if the violence levels in america are ridiculously high but that harder gun legislation doesn't help at all. So, what to do? If the problem isn't the outlet of the reservoir, isn't it better if you block the inlet to the reservoir in order to prevent pressure from building up?
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Anonymous2006-06-28 11:02
>>44
Don't believe everything you hear. America is actually not so violent country. Many countries are much more violent and most happen to have strict gun control. I'm not sure, but I think violent crime is actually more problem in UK(that's what has caused harsh police-statish laws to be enacted). Reasons behind violence in America are simple. Too much people from different cultures, too dense living, poverty etc. America is damn nice country, but big cities like NY are really bad places and oddly they have strict gun control.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 11:25
In the western world, there isn't even one country as violent and has such a high gun-crime and gun accident rate like amiland. It's funny how the gunfreaks try to justify their need for guns, while in fact they only have them to distract from their ridiculous tiny pee-pees.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 11:35
>>46
All that you have said is incorrect. GB2UK and enjoy your police state.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 11:52
person A: you ain't a threat to the US military with a pistol
person B: he was talking self def then, no overthrowing gov
person C: our chief weapons are fear, fear and surprise
person D: def v. tyranny, self def, & sport justify 25,000 deaths a year... even though the tyranny thing is bullshit, the self defense is wishful thinking, and the sport is like golf, only less skill.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 12:04
>>48
But thousand guys with rifles are already force to be reckoned with. Should all gun nuts of America join their forces they would quickly put goverment on it's knees. Why you hate so much guns? Is it fear or what?
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Anonymous2006-06-28 14:37
>>48
Are you suggesting privately owned arms couldn't deter tyranny? I have to disagree with you there.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 14:39
>>49
Exactly. You will never be able to understand it. The reason he hates guns is because of a completely irrational fear.
Maybe his kid got shot in a school shooting or something, who knows.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 17:07
>>51
Exactly. Their ability to judge things reasonably is clouded by emotion, in many cases.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 17:09
>>49
Maybe it's because the pros don't outweight the cons?
>>53
Stop trying to control what other lawful people do with their lives. Hate freedom? Move to China.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 17:14
And there's still people that wonder what makes America such a violent country? Haha. Mm.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 17:51
>>56
That statement is very misleading. If people listened to you liberals, they'd assume there is blood running in the streets. Get real. Your chances of being murdered in the USA are slim to none, and we have more freedoms than most other nations in the world. I live in the USA, and I'm happy here.
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Xel2006-06-28 18:03
>>57 Just don't take those rights for granted. Also, what are rights good for when poverty or bigotry is chewing its way through your gut? I'm not satisfied with america, but I am impressed with what you've done so far.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:08
>>57
>Your chances of being murdered in the USA are slim to none,
Then why has America the highest deathcount in the world in gun-related cases?
>and we have more freedoms than most other nations in the world.
Like what?
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:13
>>59
Just because they have a high deathcount or crime rate compared to other nations doesn't mean that it is likely you will be murdered.
">and we have more freedoms than most other nations in the
world.
Like what?"
Like the right to bear arms, among others.
The crime rate is not attributable to the simple fact that we have guns. Get real. Crime is associated with poverty, and cultural/economic factors. It has nothing to do with the simple right to bear arms.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:15
>>58
I hope you didn't interpret what I said as meaning that there wasn't room for improvement. A lot of our rights and freedoms are being infringed by both main parties. Getting some good third party candidates in there (such as the libertarians) who are willing to aggressively defend our liberty would be a monumental step in the right direction.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:15
>>60
Guess what, people in other countries own guns too. You're not special. And I'm not talking about the crime rate but the amount of gun-related deaths.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:16
>>62
That is just one liberty. There are many. Want a more vivid example? Go live in China for a few months. Then go live in the United States for a few months.
Yeah, the United States is nothing special, right?
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:21
>>63 Just about any european country has the same rights. United States is nothing special.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:22
>>64
100% bullshit. Europe has so many ordinances, and stupid laws it's ridiculous. Not all of them are democratic republics like the United States, either.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:23
>>64
Europe is only one small area out of the entire world. Generally speaking, >>63 is right.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:25
>>65
Could you actually name something or is that the stuff they just told you to say whenever someone does not believe in the superiority of the US?
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:27
>>67
Off the top of my head? Sure. UK has very strict firearms regulation. There's a great example of stupid European laws.
>>69
Then move to the UK and stop bitching about our freedoms here.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:40
>>69
Not true. UK = police state while America = still free country even though both repbs and dems try to fuck it up(thankfully we have constitution).
Americans are funny, Hitler would have loved a people that gullible.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:50
>>71
Funny how the democrats always critisize Bush and his fellow republicans for violating the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but then when they get elected, they violate the very 2nd Amendment.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 18:51
>>72
Hitler would never have been able to rise in the United States.
>>73
Not only that. Dems are hideous liars. They violate first amendment too quite often, but they mask it under fine words. >>75
Too stupid to learn truth about America?
>>77
The American constitution and freedoms it grants? History of free America? The fact that America is world's most diverse country and we have much more people than rednecks and crazy christians? The fact that America technically has more freedom of speech and other freedoms than most of Europe? I'm not saying America is best country, but you really know nothing of it really. Sounds like you have been reading only anti-US propaganda and never actually been there or even knew someone from there. Sure there are lot of asshole politicians here, but that's because America has too many people in first place and it's very same case with Europe too.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 19:20
>>78
Of course I haven't been to America, I don't want to be placed in a secret concentration camp ;)
Meh, what really ticks me off about America are its annoying people. Rednecks, crazy cristians, people like >>78, proud/loud niggers, etc.
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Anonymous2006-06-28 19:23
>>79
If people like me tick you off then you're really sad case. Enjoy your police state.