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A reasoned opinion. Thanks!
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Way to go Milamber!
I am totally against carrying or even keeping a hand gun in one's house, but i totally agree with you on this one.
I had a good, if lenghty, discussion on the subject with Sir Taliesin in the ".44 or .50?" thread. read it here, starting on page 4:
http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cg...10&t=007793&p=
Since i'm lazy, i'll just copy-paste my first post:
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Thats the rpoblem with drugs, guns and any other contraband item, tough laws make it hard for honest decent citizens to obtain the items, but the criminals get them quite easily on the black market.
It would only take 30 or 40 minutes to go out and get a gun on the street...but I wouldnt try it due to the nature of the people you would have to deal with.
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My 2 cents on this:
True, though laws makes it impossible to buy my daily dose of crack at the corner shop, but one phone call to my pusher and it's delivered home in 30 minutes or he's dead. (j/k)
But drugs black market is very different than guns: drugs are imported, guns are stolen. Stolen from where? from richer people who can afford to legally buy one. I don't have the exact reference nor numbers with me, but a gun owner is much, much more likely to have his gun stolen than to eventually use it for defense.
Also, people trying to defend themselves whith guns during an armed robbery are much more likely to get killed than anybody else (including people staying still and the robber).
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