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Post #1115166

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CatBus
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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5-Oct-2017, 7:40 PM

Tyrphanax said:

to defend ourselves from people who would cause us harm

There’s the main point of contention right there. Privately-owned guns simply don’t do that. When you buy a gun, in the overwhelming majority of cases it will never serve a single practical purpose (and there’s nothing wrong with that). Of the remaining extremely unlikely scenarios, it is MUCH more likely that the gun will be used, intentionally or unintentionally, to harm your family than to protect it.

The person who would cause us harm is the person bringing the gun into our homes because they mistakenly believe it makes us safer.

However, I do agree with your larger point that the second amendment forbids gun bans on any levels. I also believe it forbids bans on private ownership of chemical and biological weapons. “Arms” isn’t specific enough. It needs a repeal or at the very least a serious re-write.