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Old 07-02-2018, 12:57 PM   #13130 (permalink)
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I don't really mind depending on others for safety

they should be legally required to prevent gun violence through regulation
I don't have a gun and I don't mind relying on the police, and I don't disagree with gun regulations, but the idea that my own safety should be farmed out still reeks of 1st world complacency that is only possible so long as Western civilization remains stable. It's a mentality that is allowed to exist because it can be allowed to exist rather than what would be reasonable in any other time and place in history. TBH it's perfectly reasonable that people would be slow to adjust.
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