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In reply to the discussion: My answer to Wayne LaPierre and the National Rifle Association: [View all]Indydem
(2,642 posts)I have made no secret of the fact that I am a member of the NRA.
With that said, yes, dead children are a statistic improbably, yet entirely likely situation that will occur because of the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. It is a terrible truth. But no one has proposed a single realistic solution that will prevent these tragedies. But we have a lot of tragedies in this country.
We allow unhealthy food, therefore we will have fat, sick, diabetic people who will cost us money and die sad deaths.
We allow cigarettes, therefore we will have people who have COPD, lung cancer, and will cost us money and die.
We allow automobiles, therefore we will have accidents, and people of all races and creeds will die.
We allow pools, rivers, lakes and bathtubs. Therefore, children and adults will drown.
Being free has terrible consequences. Sorry if you can't understand that. But your only solution is to make us less free, and that isn't a real solution at all.
"Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither." Franklin