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Originally Posted by Apollo
My post is a bit of a lament. In Australia its illegal to carry guns. Its never been part of the culture here,so I wonder(lament) why this has become the case in the US?. Its with monotonous regularity that we wake up to the news of wholesale slaughter by invariably a person with major 'issues'. I know its too late for you guys to return to the garden, but I'm fearing, that eventually, it will emerge here and then become endemic. Even now there's the once a month gunfight somewhere involving either criminals themselves or a criminal against the police. People always genuinely shudder at the often brazeness of it all-but what can be done? May I say though, with respect, that what I find disturbing is an often barely concealed bravado displayed when people hypothesise about 'blowing someone away'. I know I know I would probably want to retaliate the same way,but where will it all end? Violence begets violence. It just struck me as bizarre that(even though I can see the agument that you have to be 'prepared') we are talking about the presence of guns at a place for gathering to relax,socialize and drink coffee? What next guns at kids birthday parties? Funerals? I don't want trouble in paradise, but its coming.
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I understand your point, but you don't seem to understand what's really going on. People aren't arming themselves to go to Starbucks. Some people carry firearms on a regular basis, just like some people carry a pocket knife, or maybe a Leatherman. These people sometimes go to Starbucks. And yes, sometimes they go to birthday parties and funerals. They aren't arming themselves for these specific occaisions. They have made a choice to be prepared, and that is normally a 24/7 type of decision.
The anti-gun lobby tries to make it sound crazy by yelling "people are taking guns into Starbucks". To me this is just proof that they're trying to manipulate the public to help them disarm the American people.