I wrote this today on a social media site...I thought it would really stick it to liberals:
Y'know, ultimately, I don't actually care about the statistics and the consequentialist impact of these things. Contra liberals, I don't think that people being armed is an end or a goal to be worked for. I'm simply pro-choice when it comes to guns. I think that self-defense is and should be a legal right, and whether or not I opt to use that right, and, indeed, how I use that right, should only be between me and, say, a firearms dealer...and a mugger.
I mean, even if you disagree with self-defense and guns, at least I should be able to have the -option- to defend myself with a fully automatic assault rifle in the case of mugging or robbery or home invasion.
You don't want a gun? Then don't get one.
But your personal preferences, especially your religious preferences, shouldn't have an impact on what I personally am able to do.
At the very least, society owes it to me to be able to get guns cheaply, safely and legally...
Do you really want people getting guns in a back alley black market?
This is my body, dang it! I should be able to defend it if I want...even if that means filling someone else's body full of holes and lead.
Y'know, ultimately, I don't actually care about the statistics and the consequentialist impact of these things. Contra liberals, I don't think that people being armed is an end or a goal to be worked for. I'm simply pro-choice when it comes to guns. I think that self-defense is and should be a legal right, and whether or not I opt to use that right, and, indeed, how I use that right, should only be between me and, say, a firearms dealer...and a mugger.
I mean, even if you disagree with self-defense and guns, at least I should be able to have the -option- to defend myself with a fully automatic assault rifle in the case of mugging or robbery or home invasion.
You don't want a gun? Then don't get one.
But your personal preferences, especially your religious preferences, shouldn't have an impact on what I personally am able to do.
At the very least, society owes it to me to be able to get guns cheaply, safely and legally...
Do you really want people getting guns in a back alley black market?
This is my body, dang it! I should be able to defend it if I want...even if that means filling someone else's body full of holes and lead.