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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis
Stabbing someone with a knife is, I gather, a visceral act. You feel the blade go in, the flesh tear, the bones resist. Strangling someone you feel the life ebb from their body. You don't just point and press a button.
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Jack the ripper must have felt horrible about all the things he did.
Shooting someone is no easier than stabbing them -
for a morale person. Thats really what self defense training is about - mostly - to train a morale person to make a life saving decision quickly... even if it is immoral to kill someone. In my world... I come first, baddies come second.
sorry, thats just the way it is.
then again... I'm not worried about morale people am i? I dont keep a gun next to my bed because i dont trust my neighbors, i dont keep a gun by my bed because i live in a high crime area, i keep it because - as i said before... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
By the logic of the anti-gun folks... i dont need locks on my doors, or a burglar alarm either.
but i've still got them
i cannot convince you that gun ownership is right for me no more than you can convince me that it is wrong for
everyone.
its a complex issue. no doubt about it.
but know this
if you reduced mankind to the lowest common denominator - would there be a 5 day waiting period and an FBI background check before anyone was allowed to acquire a stone suitable for throwing?
would hatchets and knives be as heavily regulated as guns?
there are several constant's with mankind that shall never be removed from any society... one of which is the desire of a few to murder, rape and rob the others.
sad but true