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Old 2013-01-19, 19:51   Link #1247
Vallen Chaos Valiant
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 43
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Originally Posted by Demi. View Post
Exactly, you're arming yourself to defend yourself against a criminal. One who is very unlikely to be a law abiding citizen and throw away his gun should they ever be banned. Guns will always be easy to obtain for criminals; they may go up in price as more are moved out of circulation, but they will always have the means to obtain them. Meanwhile, those who choose to defend themselves with a firearm have no means of access to these guns without doing so illegally. Regardless, whether he is using a knife or a gun to break in, a gun is still the better option to defend yourself with. I'd rather not get stabbed, tyvm.

And that's simply not true. You have the fortification of your own house. If you catch him before he completely breaks in, you've already won. If you have a firearm and are not afraid to use it, that it.
Guns, easy to obtain? Only in America, and by unfortunate proximity Mexico.

In the rest of the world, only organised crime use them. Guns are too valuable for normal criminals to use. They are status symbols for people who know people. America is not the universe.
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