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sperrico87 on 21 July 2012
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brendude13 said:
sperrico87 said:

You both have a complete misunderstanding about our Constitution and our culture.  The Constitution guarantees, among many things, a right to bear arms, and to defend ourselves and practice our lives how we see fit as long as we don't harm others. 

You think the Police can protect you?  The Police only do what they're told to do, depending on whom is in charge.  They can't protect you from harm any more than you can protect yourself.  You would rather live in a controlled police-state than a free state?  Shameful.

If you're asking me whether I would rather live in a country where any idiot can't walk down the street holding an extremely dangerous weapon and my safety is in the hands of trained professionals, then yes.

A country where gun laws are tight is not a "police state". Infact, in the UK, we can obtain double barreled shotguns fairly easily if we don't have a criminal record and the gun is registered with the police, and a double barrel shotgun is more than enough to protect our homes, so you don't have an argument. If you want a truly "free state", why not legalise drugs and start handing out nuclear weapons to the population, there are some things we can't be trusted with.

Well, aside from the fact that there'd be no feasible way to "hand out" nukes to individual people, lol, drugs should be legalized.  There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that drug prohibition decreases drug use and crime.  In fact, the opposite is true.  Many people do drugs just to be rebellious againt the system, and still many others are put in prison as addicts instead of receiving treatment, which costs half as much per year as incarceration.