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Originally Posted by somerfrost
That's why I said that government can't solve this problem! Hate speech is regulated to a point as if it leads directly to violence, it is excluded. Holmes' example of yelling fire in a crowded theater etc. In the end, it really doesn't matter if you own a gun (or I get my rocket launcher)...what matters is what we do with them...what we feel we have the right to do! Government will never take the place of personal responsibility...I'm not an existentialist but Sartre was right that we are each responsible for our actions (called free will)...still some common sense controls are not the end of freedom...unless you like the idea of me having that rocket launcher!
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well, that's true. i just don't think owning the gun itself should ever be a crime. after all, a drunk can have his car--it's not a crime til he tries to drive it.