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Originally Posted by milo
Thats an odd question to ask, if the killing is legitimate why does it matter?
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Firstly, see above.
It depends on what you mean by legitimate. If you honestly thought someone was a threat, when they were not and you shot them dead, would that be legitimate?
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I think that its perfectly conceivable that less people would die as the detterant would be greater.
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Most shooters (afaik) have little or no regard for their own lives and already plan to die, so the chance of being shot is not going to be a deterrent. It might mean the guard is killed (increasing the death rate and giving the shooter another gun) and increases the risk of an innocent bystander being caught in the cross-fire.
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Regardless the number of deaths isn't the issue here, personal protection is.
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Have you seen how many people are killed by their own weapon the own for 'personal protection'?
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I don't think the number of guns in a country is a determining factor in the number of psychopaths that exist,
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Clearly A does not equal B, but increasing the number of guns around does increase the chances of a psychopath gaining access to one.
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Originally Posted by milo
if the number of deaths in a year for a particular region is of concern we'd have to look at banning cars.
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Cars provide a service. the only role a gun has is to cause phycical damage. If they did something else then you may have an argument.