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Originally Posted by MaggieL
I do live near some bad areas. But let's not confuse "being fearful" with wishing to assert my right to self-defense, and resenting interference with that right.
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Not trusting citizens to be armed is a remarkable touchstone for other crappy attitudes on the part of government.
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My sentiments as well. I don't carry, but I do own firearms. There is great value in the State's administrators knowing that the people still retain the capacity to use force. A State monopoly on such is not how people stay free.