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Originally Posted by Foot Drill
I completely disagree, and frankly these types’ statements worry me. I do agree that it would be completely wrong to use the situation in such a way, but to compare people who talk about the situation and use it to their political advantage, or whatever kind of advantage you are thinking of, with people who commit mass murder and kill innocent 9 year old girls and grandparents is clearly a cognitive distortion. And such a statement gives credence to say that they, like the P.O.S Jared L., deserve death for what they have done. It’s this type of distorted thought and influence that is likely the reason the situation arose in the first place. I know I may catch a firestorm a crap from disagreeing with you, Team Sergeant, but statements like that can’t go uncontested.
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Let me ask a question of you in a round about way. Say politicians use this situation to ban the private ownership of firearms. All those who obey the law turn them in, all who do not keep them. The thugs use the advantage to make a major assualt on the unarmed - see British crime rates and what happened to homeowners who defended themselves.
Could not the deaths from that crime wave be layed at the feet of politicians?
How about the parole board who turns a thug free and then he kills a cop? Does the parole board share any of the blame?
Notice how politicians and government workers (Departments of Social Services) get a pass when they screw up other peoples lives.