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Re: Another School Shooting
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Originally Posted by milo
By allowing those that want to continue to carry firearms for selfdefence the ability to do so without having to resort to obsolete weaponry. As Nod pointed out banning guns is the first step in taking ever increasing and absurd measures to stop people defending themselves; its a back door into developing a police state. Society complains about a nanny state yet advocates increased spending on the police in order to sort out every problem. If the teachers were allowed to arm themselves or at the very least fully armed security was present in every school those events would never occur. The amish would just have to accept their pacifism had drawbacks and relying on others to kill the gunman invariably leads to a delay in which greater harm can be done.
The guns aren't the problem, rather its the inequality in how and when they can be carried.
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Do you honestly believe that less people would die in the long run if the teachers on the Amish farm now carried guns?
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