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Originally posted by ErricZ
Maybe because we've taken away the grunt of law? People see murderers get away with a couple of years whereas pot possessors are going away for 20+ years. Cops are more worried about getting sued than with getting the perp and aren't pulling their weapons as a result.
I don't see why we all shouldn't be given an opportunity to legally own a weapon, if one is mentally and physically fit enough.
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There is noone mentally fit enough. Would you give children guns so they could defend themselves from other children with guns? Grownups aren't really more responsible or trustworthy with guns then children, maybe even less by my account of these things.
But keep your guns if they make you feel safe. It's this fear and paranoia that's driving these killings in the first place and there's no therapy for that. I don't see crime rates in USA getting low by simple pro or con guns policy. Someone said: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people.". So by that reasoning, no person with a weapon should be trusted.
And if someone is about to say: "then we should also bann cutlery including forks and spoons", let me just point out that any cold weapon is a far cry from any firearm. It's just making killing to easy and convenient.