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  • Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
    The best way to stop a mass killer is a good guy, armed, willing to take him out.
    Is that also the best way to avoid creating (potential) mass killers?

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    • Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
      Is that also the best way to avoid creating (potential) mass killers?
      In the US, there’s over 300 million firearms out there. Good luck shoving that genie back into the bottle.
      "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
      GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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      • Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
        In the US, there’s over 300 million firearms out there. Good luck shoving that genie back into the bottle.
        That's not a response to the question I asked.

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        • Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
          That's not a response to the question I asked.
          Than what exactly are you asking?
          "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
          GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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          • Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
            In the US, there’s over 300 million firearms out there. Good luck shoving that genie back into the bottle.
            And no one is arguing that all the firearms out there need be illegal.

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            • Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
              Than what exactly are you asking?
              Let's grant that the bast way to stop a mass killing is to have a good guy with a gun on the scene. Are there ways we could avoid bad guys from considering getting guns or, once they have a gun, from even considering to become mass killers?

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              • Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
                Let's grant that the bast way to stop a mass killing is to have a good guy with a gun on the scene. Are there ways we could avoid bad guys from considering getting guns or, once they have a gun, from even considering to become mass killers?
                Build a mind reading device or invent a time machine.
                "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                • Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
                  Build a mind reading device or invent a time machine.
                  Do you understand why I keep concluding you don't want to have a discussion in good faith?

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                  • Originally posted by DivineOb View Post
                    Do you understand why I keep concluding you don't want to have a discussion in good faith?
                    Don’t ask ridiculous questions. There is really no way to 100% determine someone’s intentions.
                    "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                    GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                    • Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
                      Don’t ask ridiculous questions. There is really no way to 100% determine someone’s intentions.
                      Why do you think I was asking to 100% eliminate all "bad guys with guns"? I asked if there was a better way than the mere knowledge that a good guy with a gun might be waiting for them. Can you not think of any other way to dissuade them from mass killing? Is that something we should investigate?

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                        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                        • Originally posted by seer View Post
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                          Right, and no one is trying to take that right away from you. No nuclear weapons for you though.

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                          • I don't see the second amendment as prohibiting gun restrictions. The only thing that can be argued is how restrictive such a gun restrictions should be.

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                            • Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
                              I don't see the second amendment as prohibiting gun restrictions. The only thing that can be argued is how restrictive such a gun restrictions should be.
                              Exactly. they were speaking in terms of the common arms of the time which were basically single shot muskets. It said arms, but I'm sure they didn't mean nuclear weapons. Common sense.

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                              • Originally posted by JimL View Post
                                Exactly. they were speaking in terms of the common arms of the time which were basically single shot muskets. It said arms, but I'm sure they didn't mean nuclear weapons. Common sense.
                                AR15s are common arms. And remember the musket was the most advanced personal firearm of the time.
                                Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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