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Originally Posted by Gareth
Its bloody freezing in San Diego right now. Its like 60f - it even had the temerity to rain yesterday. Anyway, as a 17 year Californian born in Accrington, I now strongly believe in the rights for the common man to own and carry a gun. When I first came, I believed that society had too many guns in it. I can't see the need for owning an AK47 at home, and if you do you should have to keep it locked up in a safe for the day you want to go fight the Governement (that bit I believe is an antiquated argument). I believe that the second amendment ----
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
meant "the people" as a whole, as opposed to "the people" as individuals. I believe the Supreme Court is going to pass a ruling on that in the near future. That being said, society here has progressed to such levels of violence that I keep a 9mm in my house with a trigger lock so that no-one that shouldn't be using it can. Break into my house when I am home at your peril. People should be allowed to defend themselves as banning guns will have the same result as banning cocaine, and marijuana, and heroin. Law abiding folk won't have the protection that they need when someone on heroin breaks into their house, with a stolen gun and will do anything for their next fix. If that guy breaks into my house, he won't get his next fix.
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So hundreds of innocents die because nutters can get guns so you can keep a gun IN CASE someone attacks you?
Yes the strength of your argument is overwhelming
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