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Originally posted by island911
If only the bad guys have them, then ya, they'll cause more problems than they solve.
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Not to incite anything more, especially this late, but one offshoot to that argument, Dr. Island, is the good guy who turns bad.
Because essentially, we're not all inherently bad, right?
An editor I knew in my journalist days was a guy who described almost every act of violence as one that stems from an "economical situation," i.e. poor vs. rich. I tend to believe this.
The editor described the LA Riots of '92 as an economical situation. (remember, for those old enough, LA has had at least four major riots in its lifetime, three of which have occurred after 1960). This editor touted this philosophy as he got into one of the paper's editorial cars (a Ford Tempo) and headed down to the riots' flashpoint at Florence and Normandie. The same editor continued to say "economic situation" when he returned, though he did so in a awkwardly repetitive way like a needle skipping on a record. To say the least, he was beaten nearly unconscious and the Tempo's roof had been crushed in - with him inside the car. Still in all, he was right in this regard...
I think deToqueville (sp?) says something close to this point. If not, I know it's a thought of Noam Chomsky - violence stems from economics and guns are more prone to violence than peace, at least peace that is not forced.
The best way, IMHO, to curb gun violence is to curb economic polarity. Hunters should not have their guns taken away, nor should the military. They mostly are not part of the gun violence equation, in my view.