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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to mention, no one said take away all guns.  Hunting and protection is fine by me.

I'm all for banning assault weapons which allow people to cause this much damage, frankly.  There is no argument that makes any sense to allow people to buy and use assault weapons.[/quote]

I don't disagree with you in principle.  In practice, however, bans on such weapons have extended well beyond this category, and many of the people advocating such bans are working towards banning concealed carry and private possession of handguns---and you aren't being honest if you don't think this is the end game of gun control advocacy organizations or people like Mayor Bloomberg---so compromising on anything only makes that outcome more likely.  Under DC law, this incident would have a successful armed robbery with many innocent victims.  What is the justification for that?[/quote]I understand your concern about this.  The way I read your post, you are saying that it seems unfair that you would be legally prevented from being able to defend yourself with a gun. But here's my point.  As an innocent bystander, don't I deserve some protection in case you're an irresponsible gun owner, a terrible shot, and react without thinking?  What's  my guarantee that you will know what you're doing in a dangerous situation like this? It seems unfair to me that I should be at the mercy of your possibly poor judgment. Nothing personal, pp. You may be great in a crisis but I don't know you and I don't know why I should have to hope that an albeit well-intentioned total stranger will not shoot me by accident.[/quote]

I appreciate your honesty -- and to the other posters, this is precisely the reason gun rights activists act the way they do.  There are many people who seek to deprive others of the right to self-defense because they are afraid of guns.  There is no reasonable compromise with such people, as any concession merely become the baseline and the fight just becomes about the next portion of the right that must be surrendered.  It will never stop, and so must be opposed relentlessly.

So, PP, you would tell the man who fought off the armed robbers that, rather than being able to defend himself, he must submit to whatever those criminals choose to do to him?  You may want to live in that world, but I don't. 
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