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Originally Posted by T_igger_cs_30
I always find fascinating the issue's in the US regarding the right to Bear Arms, and the passion it invokes across the US.
What are your views on the current issue before the Supreme court?
And, given the the modern day and age we live in is an amendment added in 1791, which was a very viable amendment then, truly viable now?
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Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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You mean that one? The one that should render the nitpicking over verbage irrelevant? The Constitution doesn't grant rights, it merely serves as a contractual "gurantee" against the federal government making attempts on those rights. The problem is that like any contract it's only good if it's actually enforced, and the guys profiting off it not being enforced on them are obviously not the ones to be trusted with that responsibility.
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Originally Posted by JamesCash
Well, the way I see it, there will always be criminality in modern western society. I guesstimate that in the Netherlands, 99% of the unlawful gun owners are not intending to use their gun against you, me or any other lawabiding citizen.
Whereas the gunlaws in America do not only allow your random propertycriminal/scumbags/deprived teenagers relatively easy acces to firearms. It also makes them more likely to buy guns as they too want to defend themselves against all the guns privately owned. I think this is a sort of vicious circle as the more power the normal people have, the more power the criminals want to have. This power is way over the lethal threshold with firearms.
I'm probably oversimplifying.
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If a guy vents your carotid artery with a shiv are you somehow less dead then if he manages get you with a lucky shot? If they can make shivs in a prison setting with all the monitoring and everything else, you think they can't when they're out on the streets? What, are you one of those people that have seen so many movies you've been convinced spray and pray actually allows someone to hit something, especially with the gangsta approach?
Hey, when seconds count the Police are only minutes away. How you want to handle the issue of your not ending up in a body bag is your problem, they can't hold your hand 24/7 even if they wanted to. But then I expect you're a good sized male and being a good size male don't think you can be put at a physical disadvantage even if you are a sedentary being. Well what about the female half of things, hmm?
Martial Arts you say? That's nice, so just how many years of dedicated training are you free to just get your skill level up to a meaningful level, and is your system really going to cut the mustard when a guy actually moves in on you on his terms?