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Originally Posted by ann ashtray
Guns, in most cases, are used as a deterrent (as I've said countless times, most that might be considering a crime against one with a gun are more likely to reconsider whatever crime. If one doesn't own a gun, less likely to reconsider crime).
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Then, according to this logic, USA should have the lowest crime rates in the world, because there are lots of guns around and "criminals" could never know if their victims are carrying, so they'd be spending their lives "reconsidering". And I'm the one who's dreaming?
Lol.
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Originally Posted by ann ashtray
NOT considering war, I bet guns (not fired) have stopped more crimes from occurring than actual incidents to where triggers have been pulled.
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And how many people have been killed because there are too many guns around in the hands of people who are not coldblooded/trained enough to use them as "deterrent"?
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Originally Posted by ann ashtray
Guns, in most cases, are used for self protection. A VERY small percentage of folks that own a gun ever actually pull the trigger while pointing it at someone else. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO KILL OTHER PEOPLE, period.
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Sure they may do not, that's what scares me about the "impossibility" to change your mind. You get scared, you shoot, you kill. You regret killing for the rest of your life. It's not that you can set your gun to "stun" instead of "kill". Lots of people carrying guns are simply not trained enough on how to use one "properly"(blah), as I said earlier.
I won't even argue with the cars issue because it's just too stupid.