Maporsche, I was being glib in that comment.
Quote:My point is that, considering the millions of current students,
the threat from armed students (or others) to them is miniscule,
not justifying more guns in the equation.
Candor moves me to
agree
that the degree of danger is miniscule, the same as your chances
of getting a flat tire when u go out; ( I got a flat last nite ),
but if it happens, then u r faced with a very serious matter,
presumably wishing that u were properly prepared to handle it.
U look at it from a collectivist perspective.
The victims of V.Tech. looked at it from an
INDIVIDUALIST perspective,
as u wud,
if it happened to U.
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You should know that Dave believes that everyone,
even small children
Depends on how small.
I began at age 8; that was quite big enuf.
Children have been murder victims.
Being
young shud not be a
death sentence
and government shud not conspire to help the murderers
by disarming their future victims.
I believe that violent recidivists shud be banished
and removed from the North American Continent,
after which thay r welcome to arm themseves as thay choose.
However, if it is an ex-con like Leona Helmsley,
from whom we discern little danger,
it seems to me that we have no right to endanger her existence
by makiing her go around defensively naked, just taking her chances.
Presumably, all ex-cons who value their lives will arm themselves ANYWAY, regardless of any law.
Having said that, decreeing that all ex-cons
( including the guilty ones, and the ones who were erroneously convicted )
must be disarmed is the effective equivalent
of mandating that part of their sentences
is that for each day of the rest of their lives
thay must play Russian Roulette, just chancing that no predatory force will fall on them.
Is THAT = protection of the law ??
Is that constitutional ?
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and the mentally disturbed, should be packing.
In my opinion,
dangerous, violent mentally disturbed people shud not be considered human.
Thay shud be treated like cougars, or other dangerous animals.
In my opinion,
the ability to reason is an indispensable element to being human.
If thay have a history of intolerably dangerous violence,
thay shud be removed from the North American Continent;
( I analogize to a rabid dog ).
If thay r of unsound mind, but
not hostile
thay shud be left to live their lives in peace.
If thay r free ( not confined to a hospital ) thay WILL do what thay please,
legal or not.
David
