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Everything Else / Re: Politics
« on: October 13, 2010, 03:56:53 am »
We have gun laws here. I've never wished me or any member of my family or any of my friends or anyone I know had a gun in some situation they were in so that they could've defended themselves. I don't live in a quiet out-of-the-way place, I've lived in capital cities for all of my adult life. There is gun crime here but it's the gang members and they're importing illegal guns to do drive-bys on other gangs. Do you know who has the largest gun force? The people we've selected to keep the peace. We have as much crime as anybody, but to be honest, I'd rather be threatened with a syringe or a flick-knife than a gun, I feel like I have a better chance of seeing at least a few more years after that encounter. Maybe that's just me. Pretty difficult to accidentally stab someone you're threatening with a knife and easy to get jumpy with a trigger.
You can have your safety and your rights and your bravado and your paranoia about your government or whatever you need, but I wish you could experience my life so you'd see how much safer you can feel unarmed.
You can have your safety and your rights and your bravado and your paranoia about your government or whatever you need, but I wish you could experience my life so you'd see how much safer you can feel unarmed.