05-06-2023, 12:10 AM
DeusxMac wrote:
As the 2nd Amendment is invoked as the fundamental, ultimate "justification" used by the gun-enamored to vindicate the carnage, it needs to be predominant in all debate about gun violence in the U.S.; regardless of its ability to yield immediate results.
Oh heck no. My Right to firearm ownership and self defense makes me no more responsible for the actions of the veteran begging for treatment in Atlanta, than the pastor of the church the next block over is in any way responsible for the actions of a man in priestly robes buggering a child in Boston. Does that bottle of tequila you are drinking tonight make you rresponsible for all the drunken driver kills this weekend? That isn't even a Right. There is no justification for the illegal deadly use of a firearm. I can see the logic of a father executing the rapist of his 5 year old daughter. Not saying it is justified, but understandible.
Sometimes there are unfortunate consequences to the Rights we have.
If, for sake of arguement, it could be proven that the individual Right to self protection with a firearm saved 60,000 lives a year, would the conversation change? Would a net +40K change things? There is currently no way to generate a firm statistic. Where is that tipping point? 20K of innocent lives lost, sure, a horrific number. What about deaths to excessive salt and sugar in our foods? Tobacco is still being sold. Thats not protected or guaranteed. That's a simple fix. Any idea the number of deaths to medical mistakes? Those people are completely innocent, and betrayed by those they trusted to help them.
Life is messy, no one gets out alive.