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BrotherIvan

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6. The argument always is "the right to defend oneself"
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 02:32 AM
Feb 2015

I agree that you have the right to defend yourself in your own home. If you feel that is with a gun, then ok, I'll compromise. But most guns used in robberies by "criminals" (the favorite boogie man of gunners) have been stolen from irresponsible gun owners who do not secure their weapons or private sales. Let's fix that first.

Then require insurance that if your deadly weapon injures anyone, you are responsible. That means you must secure your weapon at all times. Proof of a gun safe should be a requirement for any gun license.

Then let's follow the Tombstone Rule: you can't carry a gun in public. Funny, that's what most of the civilized world has figured out.

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