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In reply to the discussion: ARE more Guns the Answer to Gun Violence in This country? [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)against animals in rural areas. Nobody should contend against a 6 foot alligator or a wild hog without one. But as protection against other people? Yes, there are situations that call for that. Protection of the home, protection of you when in your car minding your own business.
The line gets crossed when you incite violence simply because you are pissed off and want to kill. That line gets crossed with police officers every day across the country and they don't even have to use guns to do it.
Our issue in this country is that violence seems to be the go-to option, and just having more guns plentiful exacerbates that to a higher level. At this point, in American society, if baseball bats were the only thing around, there would be baseball bat violence exploding.
Yes, plentiful guns are definitely a problem. Why we feel the need to be so militarized and violent is at the heart of the problem.
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