Reply #81: Have governments been less likely to slaughter people?

[hansberrym]

Even a cursory review of the history of the last century should dispel the idea that "things have changed". The amount of persons killed in wars and genocide far outweigh the private acts of murder.


I am grateful that we have the right to defend ourselves against either.



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Protect Gun Rights And Stop Gun Violence.
John Kerry is a gun owner and hunter, and both he and John Edwards support the Second Amendment right of law-abiding American adults to own guns. But like all of our rights, gun rights come with responsibilities, and those rights allow for reasonable measures to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists. John Kerry's mainstream agenda means enforcing the gun laws on the books, closing the gun show loophole, and extending the assault weapons ban. These are all measures that George Bush endorsed but has failed to accomplish.