Sarah Palin on Assualt Weapons

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[Mrvidse]

I am a weapon and I find this not offensive.

[daytonafreakboy]

gun ownership was legislated to allow future generations of americans to resist tyranical governments ( like the english powers our founding fathers had just overthrown) yes, we have the right to bear arms for the government to face accountability by its citizens.. not for hunting, not even self defense- but for the defense of liberty from corrupt leaders. fear the government who fears its own citizens. hitler banned firearms in germany for the benefit of establishing his reich, FACT! the end

[dewpoint88]

This 70% figure is a lie. No poll outside some website poll has ever said 70%. At least from a non biased poll.

[ottam]

I'm pretty sick of culture being a catch-all excuse for any behaviour. You should have/have not guns because it either makes sense or it doesn't. Don't use culture as your crutch.

[daytonafreakboy]

@dss103 you are a ridiculous person. using your logic- automobiles kill more people than guns, by far. ban automobiles! NO MORE CARS!

those who are willing to sacrifice liberty for saftey deserve neither..

[dss103]

@daytonafreakboy And then you accidentally shoot your loved ones. Where's your freedom now? There's two sides of every coin and I for one know a gun does more harm than good

[fuckem187]

@daytonafreakboy yeaaaah except everyone just ends up using it on each other and leaving the corrupt leaders to slowly bum you up the ass and steal your savings

[shananagans5]

@ennot I think that's the bulk of people against guns. Those that really believe they cause harm overall. On the darker side, I think there are some that want people more dependent on gov. Taking away your ability to protect yourself is a big step in that direction. Especially in future generations where it becomes natural to turn to the gov for all your needs,even personal safety. This allows gov to grow faster. I do think thats the minority but they also push the belief that guns cause crime.

[shananagans5]

@ennot Good question. I think some just have a fear of guns & refuse to believe they don't contribute to crime. I think they also just want some utopia where there is no crime so they go after guns thinking that will help & not realizing how they effect crime patterns in a positive way (less violence against non criminals) I think most of them mean well but can't think 2 steps ahead like if there was no guns criminals would simply go after the physically weaker like we have seen in the UK Cont:

[ennot]

@shananagans5 that's what I heard.

I really do not understand the guns debate. If there's no data that shows guns contribute to crime, there's no basis for a change. If there's data that shows otherwise, then all the more there's no point in limiting handguns.

So why does the debate continue?

I don't want to think that the government just wants to remove the guns from the population, but what's the other reasons then?