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In reply to the discussion: Should gun rights be subject to cost benefit analysis? [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)58. As long as you realize...
...that a gun has its place.
As Tuco (Eli Wallach) said, "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
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You know as well as I do that there are many cases where guns have been used for self defense
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#10
"Are you trying to claim that this somehow disproves the extensive evidence that gun availability in
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#21
You seem to think, like iverglas, that the OP condemns all cost benefit analyses pertaining to guns.
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#18
Gun availability *to criminals* is not the only factor, but it is definitely one factor. n/t
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#36