Because I want to be armed at least as same as the criminal. The gun is the great equalizer.


>How about before Cain & Able? <g>
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>The above question was not serious. Here is the serious one: How about a weapon that can be of use to temporarilly disable a criminal?! Why is this focus on a gun that sends a killing bullet? We might allow people to carry a weapon that has a less severe impact.
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>>Your whole argument is premised on the assumption that if there were no guns, there would
>>be no murders, or even less murders. Well here's a historical factoid for you: People have
>>been killing each other since Cain & Able. It has always been, and always will be. Guns
>>are just the tool of the trade that criminals today choose to use. If you take them all
>>aways, they'll just pick up a baseball bat or knife. Do we ban all them too?