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Gun Control & RKBA

Eko

(9,425 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:32 PM Sep 2022

The whole argument that we need guns to protect ourselves [View all]

says that we must live in a society where we don't have the right to walk around and expect to not have to. That if you don't want to carry a gun and have to fight for your life and your family's then that's too bad. The expectation of living in a free and safe society is superseded by the right to have guns. I'm not against guns, I'm just against that kind of thinking.

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The whole argument that we need guns to protect ourselves [View all] Eko Sep 2022 OP

Todays society Timewas Sep 2022 #1

Understandable. Eko Sep 2022 #2

Rule #26: Your number one Option for Personal Security is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2022 #3

100% Eko Sep 2022 #4

Common ground discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2022 #5

+1 Kaleva Sep 2022 #11

It's also an indictment on municipal and state police, implying that no_hypocrisy Sep 2022 #6

I feel like that is a second stage problem. Eko Sep 2022 #7

re: Poverty, lack of health care, and immediate access to guns discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2022 #12

Living in a society where you feel the need to have a gun Eko Sep 2022 #8

You can thank SCOTUS for that. MicaelS Nov 2022 #21

Agreed. Makes a case for the individual claiming Second Amendment rights. no_hypocrisy Nov 2022 #22

What about God? keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #9

Whole different can. Eko Sep 2022 #10

God helps those that help themselves. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2022 #14

I'm not so sure how free and safe we've ever been. SYFROYH Sep 2022 #13

There have been those "highwaymen" yagotme Oct 2022 #15

That's why we have people who Eko Oct 2022 #16

The essentials are often ignored by worst casing and under assessing. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2022 #17

I agree. Eko Oct 2022 #18

re: "...does not work well at all in fight or flight situations... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2022 #19

"Does it work all of the time?" yagotme Oct 2022 #20