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[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

+1 to Nearmiss, and your example can be scaled to nations and their races for nuclear armaments: yes, it's horrible to think that on this very British soil there are 226 nuclear warheads, half of which would be enough to obliterate human kind for good, but it's "peace through an equal threat" or "superior firepower" the only winning formula with human kind unfortunately.

It's the presumption to think we live in a world where a war couldn't happen again that leaves me speechless. The United Kingdom waged wars for centuries, yet Britons now think it can't happen again..

You better believe it. There are people that hate, and have their own reasons for it. The radicals, the religious zealots, we've had these people since forever and they are inevitably spawned in every generation. They do get empowered, which we see from factions that perform and promote genocide.

I can assure you, there are people that have their own reasons for hatred. They create reasons to hate, and they have no basis, except their own borderline insanity.

The citizens of every country need to bear arms, it is a deterrent of enormous proportions to keep despots from taking over. The despots and crooks want to take your stuff, but they won't go to the trouble to take it when you are willing to defend it.

A side note -- you can count on it. There is a Hitler clone alive today, ready to spew the poison and hatred to destroy millions. There are many Hitlers in the world today, that would love to do their dirt. There are people so full of hatred it is beyond the sensibilities of reasonable men and women. Civilized society has to to keep those evil people in check, and immasculated. It is critical to keep them from ever achieving power, or everyone will pay consequences, possibly of enormous proportions.

[Hood]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

The citizens of every country need to bear arms, it is a deterrent of enormous proportions to keep despots from taking over. The despots and crooks want to take your stuff, but they won't go to the trouble to take it when you are willing to defend it.

This is laughable. In the First World it isn't going to happen, and in the Third World having a gun doesn't help because the despots have more, bigger guns or they're supported by First World countries.

You're also advocating intervention into other countries' domestic affairs by arming their citizens and formenting civil war? That gives the USA a bad name that it doesn't deserve.

I can't be bothered to reply about the crooks bit - look up your own stats.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Hood

This is laughable. In the First World it isn't going to happen, and in the Third World having a gun doesn't help because the despots have more, bigger guns or they're supported by First World countries.

I can't be bothered to reply about the crooks bit - look up your own stats.

Big guns can be offset by will and determination not to be a victim. Maybe not immediately, but who knows the threshold for the despots resolve. If you don't fight, you defnitely lose.

Maybe a hand gun won't get the whole job done, but it can help when it comes to dealing out the misery.