hozosch — Post 81 of 87
@79 fair point. @80, it's tricky with knifes indeed. But it becomes more obvious for me with things like guns / pistols / bombs.
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Fernando — Post 82 of 87
Can you restate what it is you're trying to get at with this point about weapons? Are you saying that because firearms can only ever be used to inflict damage on others civilian access to them should be heavily restricted?
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hozosch — Post 83 of 87
Yes, that's it.
Fernando — Post 84 of 87
Okay. So this debate is probably best hashed out on adifferent thread but my rebuttal would be there are circumstances in which inflicting damage to others is justified and necessary, and these occur often enough that restricting civilian access to these weapons perpetuates the harm it is trying to prevent.
Chesterton, G.K. "When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing; they then become capable of believing in anything."
hozosch — Post 85 of 87
Yes, this is better discussed in a different thread.
Fernando — Post 86 of 87
I'm surprised no one has made a thread on this issue yet.
Chesterton, G.K. "When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing; they then become capable of believing in anything."
hozosch — Post 87 of 87
I guess maybe some people are too worried about it turning into a fight, me included. But we've seen here that it doesn't have to be. I'll consider it.