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<blockquote data-quote="Bigdawg90" data-source="post: 3788820" data-attributes="member: 49831"><p>My wife and I were talking about this last night. We tossed ideas back and forth about mental health and the need for citizens to be armed for self defense. </p><p></p><p>The fact of the matter is, the gun violence issue is mainly driven by suicide and criminals killing criminals. If you remove those, the U.S. is far more on a similar level as other nations with much stricter gun control. Removing our freedom won’t protect anyone. We’ve learned that over and over again. </p><p></p><p>As a very strong proponent of gun rights and someone who used to be a high school teacher, I can say that the fear surrounding a school shooting is real. There’s no way to harden the target without arming literally every teacher. That’s just not plausible because most teachers are intellectuals and not the type of person to be of any use during that situation. Do I want my children in a school with armed teachers…….nope. </p><p></p><p>My wife didn’t like it, and it will be a very unpopular opinion, but there’s is just no way to eliminate all evil. There is no excuse for pedophiles and they are frequently swiftly arrested, convicted and have a horrible experience in jail. That doesn’t stop them. We took away manual castration because that was seen as an abuse, then we took away chemical castration, but that didn’t even stop them. </p><p></p><p>Thousands of children are abused every year and yet there are no background checks to become a parent, no state initiated training or state run checkups. </p><p></p><p>My point, at the end of the day, there is no way to stop this type of thing from happening and keep our rights. I’d rather have my rights and be able to defend my children myself than hand over my freedom and hope that my children are safer in government hands.</p><p></p><p>If the Police response taught us anything, it’s that there are those in the profession that are not up to the task. I can’t trust the government with my healthcare, I’m not gonna trust it with my children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigdawg90, post: 3788820, member: 49831"] My wife and I were talking about this last night. We tossed ideas back and forth about mental health and the need for citizens to be armed for self defense. The fact of the matter is, the gun violence issue is mainly driven by suicide and criminals killing criminals. If you remove those, the U.S. is far more on a similar level as other nations with much stricter gun control. Removing our freedom won’t protect anyone. We’ve learned that over and over again. As a very strong proponent of gun rights and someone who used to be a high school teacher, I can say that the fear surrounding a school shooting is real. There’s no way to harden the target without arming literally every teacher. That’s just not plausible because most teachers are intellectuals and not the type of person to be of any use during that situation. Do I want my children in a school with armed teachers…….nope. My wife didn’t like it, and it will be a very unpopular opinion, but there’s is just no way to eliminate all evil. There is no excuse for pedophiles and they are frequently swiftly arrested, convicted and have a horrible experience in jail. That doesn’t stop them. We took away manual castration because that was seen as an abuse, then we took away chemical castration, but that didn’t even stop them. Thousands of children are abused every year and yet there are no background checks to become a parent, no state initiated training or state run checkups. My point, at the end of the day, there is no way to stop this type of thing from happening and keep our rights. I’d rather have my rights and be able to defend my children myself than hand over my freedom and hope that my children are safer in government hands. If the Police response taught us anything, it’s that there are those in the profession that are not up to the task. I can’t trust the government with my healthcare, I’m not gonna trust it with my children. [/QUOTE]
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