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[Lixma]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

Your blind faith and narrow sight on our society might fail you before than what you think unfortunately..

Again with the apocalypticism.

Again with the insults.

If you, or anyone, has any evidence that the introduction of free access to firearms will benefit Great Britain I am all ears. If anyone can convince me that the introduction of firearms will not result in more gun-crime, more accidents, more police-shoot-outs or more curious children blowing their faces off; more night-club shootings and lethal gang violence; if you can convince me that these things will be less frequent once we introduce firearms then by all means argue for it.

But here's some things that are not going to persuade me.....

a) The fearmongering "Oh, you wait and see! You'll be sorry you didn't have a gun when....blah...blah".

b) The insults..."You think you know better....head in sand...blind faith...."

c) Aphorisms such as "An armed society is a polite society".

d) Dreadful analogies along the lines of "Automobiles have a higher accident rate so let's ban cars!"

e) Comparing gun-control as just a short hop away from Nazi Germany.

e) 'History' books by the likes of Glenn Beck. GLENN BECK !

I don't have anything against guns or the people who like shooting them. I just happen to believe that the introduction of free access to firearms in Great Britain will result in a rise in all those things I listed above - and for no tangible benefit as far as I can tell. So at this time and on balance I prefer the current situation*.

* That doesn't mean it's ideal, optimal or beyond improvement.