re: #38 Velvet Elvis

If the answer is more guns, what happens to the people too poor to afford a personal arsenal? According to the social contract theory of government, it is the responsibility of government to provide protection for its citizen. It seems clear, then, that if more guns is the answer, social programs should be set up to provide guns to the needy, many of whom are going to be racial minorities.

Let’s see how the NRA likes that.

Worked in a gun store for a time, back in college and the owner once responded when I complained about some really cheesy pistols he’d put up for sale: ” some people can’t afford any better and still want to protect themselves.”