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Originally Posted by Byte1
You are NOT going to get rid of the guns in this country, so get over it and move on. There has ALWAYS been evil people in this world and always will. You can't stop it. All you can do is protect against mass damage and you cannot do that by restricting the freedoms of good citizens. You NEED good citizens to protect you from the evil doers.
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I agree with you about never getting rid of guns - at least in our life time.
But, just because there have always been evil people, doesn't mean we shouldn't try to to alleviate the problem. There have always been bank robbers, but we found ways to reduce it.
And I disagree, rights of good citizens almost always take second place to rights of most citizens. We have stop signs, we have speed limits, we have no outdoor latrines, we pay taxes, and on and on. Absolute freedom is absolute anarchy. The US was a shining example of a system designed to protect the rights of the masses, while protecting the minority from the abuse of the majority. We glorified our diversity, and grew from a trivial nothing to the world power, based on our system.
Now we are witnessing our decline. Each of us has our own explanations. History will say why when we are gone.