Mass shootings

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(02-22-2018, 07:15 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I suppose it was rather foolish of me to claim that the pro 2A crowd flat out does not engage in this conduct, there's almost certainly those that do.  What I really should have focused on is that the anti-2A claims seem to get a lot of traction with the media and end up being reported as fact.

One argument that's really bothered me of late, and the high school kids really indulge in it (note I get they're HS kids who've been through a traumatic experience so I don't relay hold them accountable) is this supposed right to "feel safe".  I've got news for you, you're not safe now and you never were safe.  Free society and safe are incompatible.  Did they feel safe getting into the car to go to the town hall on guns?  Because they were far more likely to be injured or killed in an auto accident than a school shooting.  They're far more likely to be injured or even killed getting out of the shower than in a school shooting.  I need to feel safe is a non-argument.

The right to comfort is being thrown around by people of all ideologies for so many issues. I understand what you mean, and it's true. The fact that we offer so many rights often means you won't always feel safe. Your feelings don't get preference to someone's rights. Ideally, we surrender absolute freedom to maintain a basic assurance of safety by the government, so there is that philosophical argument, though it's more nuanced than just saying you want to feel safe.