Ray From Cleveland
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I'm gonna get mugged. I don't live in a place where that is common place. As a matter of fact, it just doesn't happen. But for safety's sake, I don't visit dark lonely places at night and I don't piss off drunks.Hate speech, yes, they don't need a public soapbox.The right to protection is a natural right.Gun ownership shouldn't be "protected," then, either.Driving a car is a privilege, and not a right in the US Constitution. The government today could tell us that cars are illegal on the road, and there is nothing we could do about it but take public transportation. Driving a car is not protected by anything.
Do you think we should limit speech too?
There are ways to protect yourself without a gun, but no one (but me) considers taking away all guns. That is an NRA scare tactic.
So you see somebody that's going to attack you; a much younger and stronger individual. How are you going to protect yourself?
Fear is not a great argument, imo. I came within a hair's breadth of being gang raped once and I never once thought "gee I wish I had a gun." Not then and not afterward.
And you're entitled to that, as I am constitutionally entitled to carry if I so choose. I don't carry out of fear no more than I carry auto insurance out of fear. I carry auto insurance just in case. I lock my door at night. I don't do it out of fear, I do it as a layer of self-protection.
Some people have more of a need to be armed than others. I'm glad you don't have that going on in your life. Some people are prone to being more pro-active against crime, or prone to being more prepared for anything. Others not. That's what's great about living in such a great country. We have those choices.