First strike and your out!

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by jaguar
I live in a safe community without guns, why risk the change? There is no need. Hell i'm generally libertarian, i'd rather see a society with crime and drugs than an overcontrolled civilized 'paradise' Brave New World style but when the average person has to carry a gun to feel safe, i beleive something is very wrong. Pontificate civil rights all you want, it doesn't change that fact in my eyes.

I live in a safe community with guns, why change that?

Jag, just to make sure, you do know that not everyone here feels that they need a gun to feel safe, right? I'm not trying to give you a hard time...I just want to make sure that you are aware of that.

I could go outside my apartment right now at 1am Eastern Time, walk around the entire neighborhood without a gun, and not sweat it. You might call it overcontrolled, but I'd argue that most people don't think twice about it, b/c it's just not a big deal. In the end, it all comes back to the difference in cultures between you Aussies and us Americans.