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<blockquote data-quote="Koshinn" data-source="post: 1565979" data-attributes="member: 18314"><p>We already do. We've been doing that since the dawn of mankind. At no point has the United States NOT restricted the rights of the many to protect the rights of a few.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You're completely missing the point, but that's ok, I forgive you. You're also using the straw man logical fallacy, to which I won't respond to.</p><p></p><p>The point is that compromise is what makes us Human. You want something, I want something, so we compromise. If we were just animals, we'd growl and attack eachother until one of us backed down.</p><p></p><p>The point you're missing is that rights can exist on a continuum from 100% personal freedom to 100% safety, and everything in between. You're making a straw man by saying that I am advocating 100% safety, which I obviously am not.</p><p></p><p>There's a concept called preventative maintenance. Regarding firearms, it's cleaning and lubricating your weapon and checking it for damage. In the legal arena, it would be trading off as little freedoms as possible to get the best return on safety. An x-ray machine is an example of a decent trade off; your personal freedoms aren't being too infringed upon, and it helps the safety of everyone. On the flip side, do you only clean your guns when they break? No, of course not, you want to stop the problem before it has the chance to manifest itself. If a criminal kills your son, you can't bring your son back, you can only put the criminal away (or kill him). But what if you had the chance to prevent that from happening in the first place? Maybe a background check to get the firearm he used?</p><p></p><p>Again, I'm sorry you missed the point, but the world is not black and white.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Koshinn, post: 1565979, member: 18314"] We already do. We've been doing that since the dawn of mankind. At no point has the United States NOT restricted the rights of the many to protect the rights of a few. You're completely missing the point, but that's ok, I forgive you. You're also using the straw man logical fallacy, to which I won't respond to. The point is that compromise is what makes us Human. You want something, I want something, so we compromise. If we were just animals, we'd growl and attack eachother until one of us backed down. The point you're missing is that rights can exist on a continuum from 100% personal freedom to 100% safety, and everything in between. You're making a straw man by saying that I am advocating 100% safety, which I obviously am not. There's a concept called preventative maintenance. Regarding firearms, it's cleaning and lubricating your weapon and checking it for damage. In the legal arena, it would be trading off as little freedoms as possible to get the best return on safety. An x-ray machine is an example of a decent trade off; your personal freedoms aren't being too infringed upon, and it helps the safety of everyone. On the flip side, do you only clean your guns when they break? No, of course not, you want to stop the problem before it has the chance to manifest itself. If a criminal kills your son, you can't bring your son back, you can only put the criminal away (or kill him). But what if you had the chance to prevent that from happening in the first place? Maybe a background check to get the firearm he used? Again, I'm sorry you missed the point, but the world is not black and white. [/QUOTE]
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