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Originally Posted by anthony  I don't agree with Marilyn's statement regarding protecting oneself... because lets be honest here, there is a vast difference between someone attacking you with a fist compared to a gun. There is a vast difference between protecting oneself from an enemy, compared to protecting oneself from you own country. If you want to talk about using statements to condem gun use in America, the statement of protecting oneself from oppressors and the like is not it, because America is not being invaded.
Yes, I said it... if someone lives in another country they should adopt that countries cultures, and their own fall second. We make choices to live in another country, yet people form societies within societies, hence the major issue within the continental US. |
Anthony, I agree that thenbullets must be expensive. This way, a person will think twice before spending them. Not $5000, but 100 per each would be reasonable.
Also I would obligate gun owners to attend target practice every week or so.
But, you write about someone attacks you with a fist... Well, it may be not exactly a fist, but a club or a bat. If a few guys will attack me with that, it is a death scenyence for me. This is why, in the case of attack, I want something which can counteract - A 9 mm PISTOL, at very least. I do not thing that bastards who attack other people deserve to live. And will feel perfectly fine to kill them. Hell, if someone else in VT had a gun, there would be less victims!
I will not consider a gun for as long as living with someone, at least for now, since with my issues I can kill a family member. But if live alone, I will need it.
I also totaly agree with what you said about adopting the culture of the country you came into. I think that assimilation must be an immigrant's responsibility. But too bad, not too many people understand that, and this is one of the things that will kill the US in a not far away future. Hope I will be in Nicaragua by this time.