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Island

"So, for our society, the more ubiquidous guns are, the better . . .the more level the playing field and the common direction of a happy life can be achieved."

I think I am actually incapable of understanding this - I wish I could, but my own view is so polar that I can't. I think what you have written is sort of why I started the thread.

Milu

I really mean one or the other - you can't pick "me with a gun, criminal without". I would rather stand in front of a criminal with no gun virtually assured he hasn't got one either. My chance of being killed, or killing, in that situation is (so close as to be equivalent to) nil.

If you both have guns? What happens if the criminal pulls a gun on you? Does it become quick draw? Do you pull out your own gun and tell him to put his away.

F%# it - I'm non-violent - I can't remotely fathom why anyone would want to hurt (or kill) anyone. Full stop. I don't think I am capable of understanding this part of the argument either.