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Originally Posted by MaggieL
Depends on how good you are at it. In your case, as evidenced above...well...
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Thats because my sarcasm was actually relevant to my point. Guns aren't the only way to defend yourself, it is a fact. Talking about how people get scared if someone is walking around with a rifle on their shoulder is not relevant. Get what I'm talking about?
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Your argument that you're not hoplophobic looks pretty weak after you tell us how much various kinds of firearms scare you, and then propose prohibitions on that basis.
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Do you even know what a phobia is? Just because I twich when looking over a 100 story building doesn't make me an acrophobic. An acrophobic would freak out when seeing someone else go up an elevator, hardly the same. Stop going to extremes, it doesn't help your argument at all.
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Consider that your fears would be better founded and lead to clearer thought when directed at people and their intentions rather than weapons.
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There we go, a good point. No bias, and it actually makes sense. Yes, my worry (noticed how I changed the word so you don't jump to hoplophobia
) comes from the people who will use these weapons, not the weapons themselves. Yet, when you put the two together, it doesn't really make a difference. That's why I am in favor of training before you can get ahold of a gun. I don't know if this will be brought up but I will answer it anyways. Yes, I would rather have someone rob me with a knife than a gun.
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You're in vastly greater danger from a mugger with a knife, lead pipe or rock than you are from me with a full-auto AK-47, because I'm trained in firearms safety and the operation of an AK, and do not intend you harm.
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I don't have any fear of you (or worry) because you do not intend to harm me. Yet, if I piss someone off and they go buy a gun two hours later, I will be scared of them. More scared of them with a gun than a knife even though they can both kill me since it is a lot easier to run from a knife than a gun.
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If you make my currently legal possesion of a concealed handgun illegal (I'm currently licenced for concealed carry in 29 states), you have disarmed me when I'm anywhere but in my home, plain and simple.
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Not from your ability to own one. Why do you feel the need to carry a concealed weapon anyways?