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Originally Posted by Langalibalele Cde. Dr. G, I beg to differ but it is extremely hard for me to stomach the pro-gun arguments about self-defense in the event of crime. Don't let the Steven Segal and Bruce Willis movies fool you: somebody thugging like me get the drop on you, that's all she wrote. All the guns and knives and throwing stars will avail you not. On the other hand, discussing armed self-defense on behalf of your community against the pigs, that's another question. We don't need any law for that. In fact the laws will never facilitate that eventuality. | I have to disagree because the problem is all the criminals are armed and most of the people aren't this creates a major safety issue.
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