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Megan McArdle: We Should Train Children to 'Gang Rush' Shooters

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸12/18/2012 12:25:19 pm PST

another right wing approach to doing nothing:

The 2nd Amendment was not put into the Bill of Rights so citizens could protect themselves from each other. It was put into the Bill of Rights so citizens could protect themselves from the government. Therefore the ordinary citizen should have the right to be at least as well armed as their local police / SWAT unit. If you really want to restrict these types of weapons from the general public then start by taking them away from the police.

then we devolve back to one of the more brain dead lines of debate

What’s that you say? The police need those weapons to fight criminals? Then how will any more gun legislation keep criminals from getting these weapons? They’re criminals. They don’t obey the law as it is. More laws won’t make any difference.

indeed, why have any laws? criminals will just break them