>>Not all killing is bad.
>>If somebody killed Cho after he shot before he murdered 32 people would that have been a bad thing?
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>Yes, sort of. The good thing here would have been if somebody had seen how ill he was and helped him get treatment. Any other outcome is a bad thing.

In a perfect world and hind-sight is 20/20. But you know it doesn't work that way.
I think you're relying way too much on others to do the right thing.

In the situation that was April 16th in VT, it would have been absolutely the right thing to do.


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>>>As for personal safety, I do the appropriate things to keep myself and my family safe. To date, the worst crime I've had to personally deal with was the theft of my husband's car from the street in front of our house.
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>>Majority of us are fortunate. We've never been violantly violated. But there are many that have been and probably wished, at the time, that someone with a gun would have rescued them.
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>>I've never lived in poverty, so poverty don't exist?
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>I've not lived in poverty, but I've seen it and I've done what I can (and continue to do so) to help eradicate it.
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>My point was that, for the vast majority of Americans, including most of those making the personal safety argument, it's irrelevant. Clearly, there are exceptions, but the number of households with guns is way, way bigger than the number for whom personal safety is a significant issue.

... until it happens to you or to your family.


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>Tamar