08-06-2019, 07:45 PM
Here's a problem that's never really addressed. Freedom isn't safe. Cars could be regulated to only go the speed limit (don't laugh they're actually doing this in the EU), but we give our citizens the freedom to drive faster. Lowering the highway speed limit to 40 MPH would save thousands of lives, if not tens of thousands, but we want the freedom to go faster. Organized crime and street gangs could be eradicated in less than a month if you suspended 4th amendment rights during that time frame. We prefer that criminals get these protections so we have them too, we exchange our safety for freedom. We could force people to take classes before they have children, that would make us safer. We could impose government mandated dietary restrictions, that would make us safer. We could make alcohol and other drugs illegal, that would, ostensibly, make us safer.
The dirty little secret is that having no guns in private hands would make us, at least somewhat, safer, in most circumstances. It would also prevent older people from having any chance against defending themselves from a younger home intruder or attacker. It would affect women in similar ways.
Freedom isn't safe, ultimate safety would come with an utter lack of freedom. I get that some people are willing to trade freedom for safety, I am not. Also, I take a very dim view of others trying to restrict my freedom because of the actions of criminals.
The dirty little secret is that having no guns in private hands would make us, at least somewhat, safer, in most circumstances. It would also prevent older people from having any chance against defending themselves from a younger home intruder or attacker. It would affect women in similar ways.
Freedom isn't safe, ultimate safety would come with an utter lack of freedom. I get that some people are willing to trade freedom for safety, I am not. Also, I take a very dim view of others trying to restrict my freedom because of the actions of criminals.
