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:	post by arilliusbm at 2011-03-11 13:55:27

Alx_Casket said	[orig][quote]
I knew that my comment would spark opposition. I did live in NH before MA, fyi. It's a beautiful state, and while I'm no stranger to shooting guns myself, I don't think it's necessary for civilians to have them. I know that people with guns kill people (not the guns themselves), but generally speaking, a place is safer with no guns.

There are pros and cons to both extremities, but we have a "right" to bear arms in this country.

Hypothetically speaking, think of it this way:

Say if China or some other country decides to invade the US on our soil. Yes, it has never really been done before (sans Pearl Harbor, but that was planned out - I'll save that for another thread) but there is always a possibility of it happening given the world we live in today.
So here we have China invading America with their troops marching down our streets, threatening civilians and killing us for the sole reason of being American and not Chinese. How would we fight back? How would we defend our families? With kitchen knives?
Fuck that, we need firearms. We can't rely on our military for protection of our civilians any more. We've just broken the 300,000,000 mark for citizens in this country. With the money and funding thrown at the Military Industrial Complex and the compartmentalization of their different offices strewn about, I would rather die with a gun in my hand than a kitchen knife.
I'm starting to think that our government cares less and less about your average citizen; this has grown to be evident for those who were in the middle class. It doesn't exist anymore. We are but peons on a large chess board, and the people playing the game don't care if they lose a few pawns.
I'm not sure how I feel about citizens owning semi-automatic weapons, but I 100% back our right to own guns. Whether it be pistols, shotguns, or potato launchers.

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