Machiavellian said:
EricHiggin said:
So the weak started the weapon creation war and now they are losing so the strong should stop it and 'fix it' and hope for the best?
It's better to feel safe in a club and get shot dead than to feel scared and get shot dead, or have a chance because you can also have a gun?
Guns don't totally fix the issue, everyone knows this. The problem is that people seem to think getting rid of guns will completely solve the problem and it won't either. So if nobody has figured out a way for everyone to truly BE safe, then why change if you're a person who feels safe because you have a gun?
No. People of one nation vs people of another, which basically means one Gov vs another, unless you go way way back in history. Plus isn't that what the second amendment is partially for? So the people can protect themselves from the Gov and it's military might
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I have no clue what you are talking about with this weak analogy. Guns was not brought into the equation to give the weak an advantage. Guns was brought into the equation because it was more effective at killing then using a knife or sword. A gun is a killing weapon and its purpose is to kill.
As to your second paragraph, you have the same mentality that has us here today. Why change because nothing will ever be 100% fixed. Let's continue to go down the rabbit hole where we never look for any solutions, attempt any solutions and keep the status quo. Let everyone in the use feel they need to be armed in order to be safe walking the street, going to a movie, Church, walmart you name it. Lets get America 100% armed and from there we can start deciding on how lethal are guns are because once everyone is armed well, you want to be the person who can drop the other person in one shot not 2.
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So if guns were completely removed from society, everyone would feel completely safe knowing there are nations out there with guns and even nukes who look to do America harm? Some who could wipe out the entirety of America with just a portion of them? Sure they haven't been dropped in a long time, but when is the last time you were shot at? Yet you feel scared of being shot, and removing guns would somehow make you feel safe?
Why do nations like the U.S. and Russia have so many nukes? How many times have they used them against each other? Why? Maybe it has something to do with mutual destruction? So if everyone has a gun and knows how to use it, and you're face to face with someone with a gun, what's the point in using it if you're both likely to suffer from it? Aside from a lunatic with a gun who doesn't care about the consequences, but how is that any different than a lunatic who gains power to a country and it's weapons? Aren't Trump and Putin both a little off their rocker? Isn't Putin and Russia a powerful enemy of America? Removing guns in America will remove the fear of death altogether for Americans?
What if the media wasn't always pushing gun violence like it's just across the street coming for you anytime now, or how a simple tweet from the Prez has apparently pushed NK to the brink of nuclear war with America? Could everyone possibly live a little more fearless?
Maybe while 'fixing' the second amendment, they should also 'fix' the first amendment at the same time, killing two birds with one stone age weapon, because why not?