>>On this we agree absolutely. The problem is that the so-called law abiding citizen can go off the deep end.
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>Here's a challenge for you:
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>What percentage of violent crimes are committed by first-time offenders? Presumably so-called law-abiding citizens that go off the deep end.
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>>If there are no regulations at all on gun ownership, then it seems to me that we are playing Russian Roulette with all our lives.
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>I don't feel that way. I take more of a risk just driving to work. Heck, just going to McRestaurant is a risk, you don't know if the chow you get is tainted or not.

I agree with you, and I hate to keep repeating this, but once again, vehicles are regulated and restaurants are regulated. Guns should be too.