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Anonymous2006-07-16 17:47
omg, what newbs.
You know why the 2nd amendment exists don't you? in 1776 a gun was a source of food(hunting) and a means of self defence in the abscence of adequate law enforcement, and with a hostile environment(indians, animals, etc etc.) to boot.
If you need to hunt to subsist, go get some fucking food stamps.
If you see the right to bear arms as insurance against government oppression because we can stage a civil uprising, having effective weapons, think how ineffective a militia would be against military trained personel/equipment. How many people in our current society are trained with a rifle? You really think the presence of guns in our homes allows us to put together a militia with any hope against our own military? It worked in the past because the military was little more than men with their rifles in fancy coats. These days a militia would simply be slaughtered. You'd do better to stage a peaceful protest. Leave the guns at home.
Self defence? You mean, if a robber comes into your home? why not sell that gun and get yourself a home security system and some insurance? Give up your vigilante justice for a 5 to 10 minute response time from a police officer? Most robbers DO NOT bring a gun with them due to the huge difference in sentence for armed vs unarmed robbery.
Or are you defending yourself from premeditated murder? Expecting to anger someone enough to make them want to kill you? Why not just stop sleeping with his wife instead?
Or a total madman breaking into your house and threatening your life? come on now, what's the likelihood of that? Way more likely you're gonna forget the safety and your sons gonna blow his leg off.
Guns in family households are more likely to kill family members than they are to kill intruders, but that's beside the point.
The point is that this right to shoot people on your lawn stopped making sense ages ago with the advent of a competent law enforcement system, and the abscence of hostiles in our backyards(no more hostile indians...). Now the presence of fire arms in homes engenders violence rather than protects the inhabitants.
GTFO of the 1800s, newbs. Or do you just think it'd be fun to kill someone, should the 'opportunity' arise?