Will 'Extreme Security' Solve The School Shooting Problem? - Ron Paul Liberty Report

[acptulsa]

Child-like faith is child-like. In the ability to eliminate what already exists--hundreds of millions of guns. In the trustworthiness of government. In the media's perception of what our biggest problems are (compare the number of innocents killed by civilians to the number of innocents killed by soldiers--or by mere cops).

And then there's your distinct lack of faith in one's fellow man. I'm here to tell you 99 44/100ths of armed Oklahomans would never harm you, and would rush into harm's way to protect you.

Our only "problem" is we have a realistic view of the odds, and we know who our friends are.

Yee ha that, arrogant child.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Pointless view points, just to justify the ownership of weapons for people's amusement, and yee ha attitude.

A principal source of errors and injustice are false ideas of utility. For example: that legislator has false ideas of utility who considers particular more than general conveniences, who had rather command the sentiments of mankind than excite them, who dares say to reason, "Be thou a slave;" who would sacrifice a thousand real advantages to the fear of an imaginary or trifling inconvenience; who would deprive men of the use of fire for fear of their being burnt, and of water for fear of their being drowned; and who knows of no means of preventing evil but by destroying it.
The laws of this nature are those which forbid to wear arms, disarming those only who are not disposed to commit the crime which the laws mean to prevent. Can it be supposed, that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity, and the most important of the code, will respect the less considerable and arbitrary injunctions, the violation of which is so easy, and of so little comparative importance? Does not the execution of this law deprive the subject of that personal liberty, so dear to mankind and to the wise legislator? and does it not subject the innocent to all the disagreeable circumstances that should only fall on the guilty? It certainly makes the situation of the assaulted worse, and of the assailants better, and rather encourages than prevents murder, as it requires less courage to attack unarmed than armed persons.

[h=3]Cesare Beccaria[/h]

 

[AZJoe]

 

[AZJoe]