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Originally Posted by dewolf
Someones dead child is one too many. I know you have kids, imagine if it were you. Imagine they were shot and mortally wounded crying out for you while they are dying. Would they just be collateral damage to you?
That's the problem, it ain't television, it's real life.
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If you want to play that "imagine your son/daughter"... game, there are lots of scenarios that would argue against your own.
Imagine someone is stabbing children, a woman hears their cries but lacks the physical strength to overcome the rampager.
If only she had a gun she could stop more children from dying.
You aren't being rational here relative to occurrences.
What kills children in America? Unintentional fatal injury(Car wreck, drowning, etc...). Intentional self inflicted fatal injury is #2.
There are some neighborhoods in places like Baltimore and Chicago where homicide is a big factor, but these neighborhoods also have some the strongest anti gun laws in the country.
The people matter more than the laws on the books. Same city, different neighborhood, same laws; different crime statistics.