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we would rather all of the violent crimes continue to happen, than live without them.
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Getting rid of the guns will not prevent violence.
Without firearms, what you have is rule by the strong: things get Medieval in a hurry, when Might makes Right: Were the Middle Ages a time of "Peace"? Not at all- IIRC, they began with the Sacking of Rome, and ended with "The Hundred Years War" ..... and the rise of gun equipped armies that could shoot down the mightiest, best armored warriors in the world .......
I suggest everyone should read the most excellent essay by Marko Kloos, entitled "
Why the Gun is Civilization.
http://munchkinwrangler.wordpress.co...-civilization/
I'm irritated that a search for the essay still has entries attibuting Marko's work to a "Major Caudill". I'm sure Marko is, too.