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the only reason the usa lags in this common sense of outlawing guns is that it is still more rural than other modern societies, that have outlawed guns, that are more densely populated
that will change, already the usa is majority urban, where guns make no sense
thus, its inevitable
with the passage of time, a more and more urban usa will simply reach the critical mass where guns will be outlawed
enjoy your gun. your time is numbered
and if you think it is unfair rural folk should suffer for urban folk, guess what? right now, the urban majority suffers with needless deaths for the sake of the rural minority
in other words, the status quo is already undemocratic, and simply lags out of nostalgia for some davey crocket era
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
if something is illegal, less people can get it
do you understand that? its really that simple, and the whole fucking point. no one, no one imagines that you can get rid of every gun, or that this is necessary to do
marijuana is illegal, and its easy to get. but if it were legal, it would be even easier. all making something illegal does is make it less prevalent
of course there are always committed assholes, who will get whatever the hell you outlaw no matter what. such committed assholes don't matter to a simple measurement of bulk quantity available on the street
we're talking about the ease of onwership, the casual hoodlum, not the committed psychopaths
gun control simply leads to less deaths at the hands of random assholes who aren't carrying guns, simply because they are too hard to get. random domestic situations and public pride bruisings turn into knifeplay rather than gunplay. you do realize you can kill 10 people in a minute by spraying a street party with a gun, you'd probably get one or two at the most with a knife. its a matter of reducing the firepower easily available to your average retard, that's the whole point
its not a complicated concept for you to grasp
not everyone has some burning desire to have a gun. some just have it because its in easy reach. put it a little further out of reach, and the committed gun fetishists will of course still have their gun stashes to guard against whatever bogeyman they are afraid of. but your average casual owner simply will give it up as an option. these gun owners represent the majority of current owners
thus: you outlaw guns, you end thousands of needless deaths
what the hell is more important than that?
some fantasy of armed yokels in the woods saving us all from a secret antidemocracy?
some fantasy of dirty harry righting wrongs as a one man judge and executioner?
pffffffft. grow the fuck up
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
"As for your statement that guns do not protect democracy (I think you meant a republic), I think you ought to take a look at our very own Revolutionary War. Do you think the Continental Army would ever have been able to defeat a world-class army if nearly every able-bodied male didn't have a gun and know how to use it? You say I'm confusing the arena of a civil setting with outright war. In order to protect freedom, one must be able to stage an outright war (see American Revolution again)."
really?
this is a nice fantasy life. what the fuck does it have to do with reality?
you know, red dawn wasn't a bad movie
neither was star wars
BOTH OF WHICH ARE FUCKING FICTIONAL FANTASIES
all your retarded fantasy life results in is thousands of needless deaths due to random retards on the street with guns
so you put wagner's ride of valkyries on repeat mode and fantasy about protecting the usa from assorted imaginary land invasions. please keep your fucking fantasy life out of my public policy. thanks
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
how could you define it as anything other than simple democracy at work? the only reason the usa lags in this common sense of outlawing guns is that it is still more rural than other modern societies, that have outlawed guns, that are more densely populated. that will change, already the usa is majority urban, where guns make no sense. thus, its inevitable. with the passage of time, a more and more urban usa will simply reach the critical mass where guns will be outlawed. enjoy your gun. your time is numbered
and if you think it is unfair rural folk should suffer for urban folk, guess what? right now, the urban majority suffers with needless deaths for the sake of the rural minority
in other words, the status quo is already undemocratic, and simply lags out of nostalgia for some davey crockett era. in other words, the continued free ownership of guns is the oligarchical, authoritarian existence you refer to. rural folk's influence on our laws is already out of proportion. due to the senate, for one, but also due to simple lag, the laws lagging behind the times. and if you think its unfair that rural folks hould ever suffer due to laws that make life easier for urban folk, remember: gun ownership is nothing more than a pact to let thousands of urban folk die for the sake of your quaint antiquated gun hobby. where's the oligarchy now buddy?
"at some point one needs to consider how the people live rather than how many die. Being servants of the state or victims of the largest, meanest group aren't exactly desirable outcomes"
i agree 100%. i no longer want to a victim of low iq hotheads with guns. i wish to live free of that scourge
as for prohibition, if something is illegal, less people can get it. do you understand that? its really that simple, and the whole fucking point. no one, no one imagines that you can get rid of every gun, or that this is necessary to do. marijuana is illegal, and its easy to get. but if it were legal, it would be even easier. all making something illegal does is make it less prevalent. of course there are always committed assholes, who will get whatever the hell you outlaw no matter what. such committed assholes don't matter to a simple measurement of bulk quantity available on the street. we're talking about the ease of ownership, the casual hoodlum, not the committed psychopaths
gun control simply leads to less deaths at the hands of random assholes who aren't carrying guns, simply because they are too hard to get. random domestic situations and public pride bruisings turn into knifeplay rather than gunplay. you do realize you can kill 10 people in a minute by spraying a street party with a gun, you'd probably get one or two at the most with a knife. its a matter of reducing the firepower easily available to your average retard, that's the whole point
its not a complicated concept for you to grasp
not everyone has some burning desire to have a gun. some just have it because its in easy reach. put it a little further out of reach, and the committed gun fetishists will of course still have their gun stashes to guard against whatever bogeyman they are afraid of. but your average casual owner simply will give it up as an option. these gun owners represent the majority of current owners
thus: you outlaw guns, you end thousands of needless deaths. what the hell is more important than that? some fantasy of armed yokels in the woods saving us all from a secret antidemocracy? some fantasy of dirty harry righting wrongs as a one man judge and executioner?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
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