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Caliman73

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6. Actually, we didn't cure polio at all. We eradicated its spread.

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:37 AM

Oct 2018

And, we actually did it by spreading a dead version of the disease so that people's bodies could recognize and fight the disease without having to suffer its effects.

Totally get the arguments that guns are not a shield against other guns, but the polio thing is not analogous.

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Guns aren't shields [View all] ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 OP

We didn't cure polio by spreading the disease RainCaster Oct 2018 #1

Actually, we didn't cure polio at all. We eradicated its spread. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #6

Technically, we did spread the poliovirus in vaccines. aikoaiko Oct 2018 #14

The element of surprise is more powerful than the gun hexola Oct 2018 #2

guns are inherently offensive weapons, not defensive. unblock Oct 2018 #3

K&R, GREAT RETORT !!! uponit7771 Oct 2018 #4

Sometimes they are. pintobean Oct 2018 #5

This is definitely a case of justifiable homicide meow2u3 Oct 2018 #7

wow, what an effective shield ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #8

They're alive, along with the rest of the customers and employees pintobean Oct 2018 #9

listen, of course ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #10

I live in one of the most dangerous cities in the country. pintobean Oct 2018 #11

you have my sympathies that you have to live in fear so much of the time. ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #12

I don't live in fear pintobean Oct 2018 #13