Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: S.D. governor vetoes concealed handgun bill [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)I'm saying that adding more guns to any urban environment increases the probability of someone getting shot. That's my logic. I understand the opposing viewpoint that adding more "legit" guns to the mix will hopefully act as a deterrent. We both think that the other is engaging in wishful thinking. I see it as adding more fuel to the fire and you see it as mutual assured destruction (deterrent), which, of course I see as MAD. Now MAD can work, for a while, as we witnessed during the last 40 years of the USSR. Now, unfortunately, the world is even less safe. Nobody cares much about weapons in times of peace, or places of peace. Introduce them into volatile sociopolitical environments and bloodshed becomes inevitable.
I understand the temptation to be armed in preparation for some kind of anarchy, but we are nowhere near that point in this country and hopefully never will be. However, this RW libertarian movement, promoting the carrying of handguns everywhere, is leading us in the wrong direction.