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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] "Clearly, a gun and a car are entirely different creatures." True, but they have things in common that make the analogy valid. They both serve a nesecary purpose, they're both incredibly dangerous, and they're both the instruments of many deaths every year. The analogy stands. You didn't quite understand my argument, Sol. The point was that theft DIRECTLY harmes someone, and that it serves no conceivable useful purpose. Therefore, it should be outlawed. This is contrasted to guns, where owning a gun does NOT harm someone, and serves a very useful purpose. Therefore, it should NOT be outlawed. There are going to be people that break any law you can come up with. If you outlaw guns, there are still going to be people who have or get guns. And people who ignore one law are likely to ignore more than one law, and thus use the guns. But if you DON'T outlaw guns, those same people are going to have guns, but are far less likely to use them, since their potential targets might be armed as well. Does that make more sense? "It's a matter of respect. If you believe everyone else is a closet homicidal maniac, of course you want to ban guns! If you believe that the majority of people are responsible for their actions, and that the responsible use and display of firearms under the right circumstances prevents crime and saves lives, then it makes no sense to ban them." This is a facet of the typical liberal viewpoint. I, as a conservative, have faith in people's ability to do what's good for themselves, and believe that they are basically good. Liberals don't, and their attitude toward gun control as Baloo described above is a symptom of that. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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