Re: Gun accidents? Guns are dangrous?
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If *you* don't like object XYZ, don't buy one.
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How does this help a shooting victim?
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Isn't that the point? How does the fact that guns are illegal help the shooting victim? How does gun control do anything but restrain the innocent?
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No my point was, to say "You don't have to buy a gun if you don't want one, just don't tell me what to do" doesn't mean anything to a gun control advocate. He wants the criminal NOT to have a gun so he or a loved one doesn't get shot. Saying it's simply an issue of personal choice doesn't address the concerns of the many innocent victims of gun violence every year.
And yes I realize criminals would likely find ways to get guns anyway, but that wasn't the point. The point was that it's not strictly personal choice, like if you choose to kill yourself with cigarettes or overeating. Innocent people get caught in the crossfire, and having the freedom to buy or not to buy a gun does not help them when they get shot.
Personally I'd prefer it be a little tougher for me to get a gun, if it makes it a lot tougher for a criminal to get one. You can argue that criminals will get guns anyway, but that is an issue of enforcement, not whether the laws violate your civil rights in the first place.
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