Subj : Republicans & Trump
To   : Lee Lofaso
From : Kostie Muirhead
Date : Mon Aug 31 2020 01:17 am

 Re: Republicans & Trump
 By: Lee Lofaso to Kostie Muirhead on Mon Aug 31 2020 05:51 am

>>>> Now that HAS to be a troll.
> LL>> I am being serious. The 2nd Amendment is poorly written,
>>Firearms function as a force equalizer - no more and no less.
LL> Which is why the state has a militia. With folks in the militia
LL> having the right to bear arms.

If you can follow and agree to the premise that firearms only function as a force equalizer, what the second amendment does or does not say and what you think it should or should not say is a completely irrelevant discussion.

I live in Canada where restrictive changes HAVE been made, and the data after a couple decades of that experiment show that firearm restrictions have very little to no effect on overall violent crime, homicide, or suicide numbers. Sure, if you remove enough guns you'll reduce the number of people *shot* but that does not equate to reducing the number of people *killed* The latter is a far more important measure in my mind, and requires systemic cultural changes rather than simple band-aid solutions like gun control.

Anyone who's been shown that reality and instead chooses to focus on the guns means an individual either cannot think logically, or has a political agenda to push that benefits from dishonest language. Either way, you should view said individual with extreme caution when approaching the ballot booth.
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