>>1. The point is that if you take away guns, knifings will become more dominate. The criminals won't stop killing people - they'll just find different ways of doing it.
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>>why make their jobs easier by providing them with better tools?
>>2. why make their jobs easier by taking away my ability to defend myself?
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>Ah, but the government (specifically the people advocating taking away your right of self defense) is going to guarantee that you will not ever have to defend yourself. You will live in a utopian paradise where all is joyous and free.

If you need more straw for that guy, look for the nearest stable, they would surely know a good supplier of hay.