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I want to present a coherent arguement to U. Probably over several replys in this thread.

But first I am not going to debate the point that Americans tend to be violent. But Guns don't cause violent behavior, they are just a deadlier means of expressing it.

The place where I get off the boat with the Gun control crowd is that they blame the Guns and not the tendency of people to use violence as a means of solving their problems disputes or whatever U want to call it. They are treating a symptom and not the diease...

Let me use an example of the tendency towards violence in American society. In America if 2 boys have an arguement on the playground the accepted method of resolution is to fight it out. This has been reinforced by the American media since at least the turn of the century.

For example: In the movie Broken Arrow 1950 starring the All American Hero Jimmy Stewart.......when called a "Yellow Indian Lover" in a Saloon scene Jimmy Stewart hits the guy with his fist. Thus the use of violence as a means of resolving a conflict.....

Until other means of conflict resolution are ingrained in our society we will resort to the use of violence and no amount of Gun Control will stop that predispostion. Only the means of expressing that violent behavior will change, and then it will be too late.....

On an abstract level in this country weapons in the hands of the citizenery guarntees that America remains a Repblic and doesn't resort to a Dictatorship. Remember that in any country there are forces that want to abridge the freedom of the citizenery. We in America take if for granted and think that nothing can take away our freedom of expression etc. However there is no guarntee and the rights we enjoy as Americans were hard won with the Blood, Sweat, Tears and Treasure of people who were willing to sacrafice. Our society has largely forgotten that. Guns in the hands of the citizenery implies that the citizenery can resist the forces of dictatorship if necessary.


The well regulated militia issue.......very simply the Minute Men of Concord and Lexington weren't a sanctioned by the Crown militia. Furthermore the British troops were on their way to do a little gun control by seizing those supplies that the Minute Men had. Thus no Guns no United States of America. Interesting Huh?