Comment Re:A view from out side the USA... (Score 1) 1232
It is my point exactly that it is the popular opinion. I am surprised you don't understand the power of that. I guess that is why Americans have an atheist president
A lot of this conversation make me wonder why have police. What is their function? You are happy for people to take the position of judge, jury and executioner? In this case with Susan Falls, you are saying she had no other choice what so ever? It was a gun or nothing? That the fact the she was found not guilty in protecting herself should always grant an exception as to the method in which she chose to do that? And I would gather from that, if I was the big guy and I am going to make sure the little woman never gets access to the equalization. Maybe that is just me. I'm sure that never happens...
I am saying that simply owning a gun doesn't empower some one by default. You seem to suggest that criminals will some how be in awe of a gun owner. Dumb criminals perhaps. It becomes another selection pressure to create more gun savvy criminals. I am saying that it just means you create a environment where by gun crimes will prosper.
So the second amendment was to provide for a citizen to protect themselves with guns from any potential threat. Why would there ever be a limitation as to what kind of weapons are made available to the populous then? What limitation should be placed on an individual, if they fundamental right is to over come any threat?
Are you trying to tell me that the situation in Australia in the 1990-200x is the same as America? That we have seen change in the distribution of crime in that interval is independent of gun laws, however, the gun laws were introduced in an attempt to prevent the mass shootings. To that end they have been successful so far. Making particular comments about what you were afraid of when you were young is no an indication that guns made that a difference. You mean if you had a gun on your property today you wouldn't be afraid of bikies? You think that there would be less "glassing" in pubs? I was not suggesting that. I was saying that I don't have to worry my neighbour will go berzerk and shoot people.
I know you have a intense feeling for this woman but you are effectively suggesting all rape will be ended if every one could own a gun. That is simply not true and it is fundamentally untrue. For every woman who gets to protect herself using a gun there would be another who would be raped facilitated by a gun. You are suggesting a woman has to carry a weapon with her always for her own protection. I assume you want men who are at risk of rape to be protected likewise. And altar boys should carry them into church in case the Father gets ideas. In fact all children should own and be taught to use guns so they can ward off paedophiles. At what point to you end that progression? When all rape ends? I am glad that this woman and any other woman out successfully protects themselves from rape by the use of the gun. However more open gun availability is not the solution to rape. I don't know why I would need to say that.
I have a close personal friend, she was in a pub, had a spiked drink and was raped (as far as she can determine). She doesn't remember who and is in counselling now. Having a gun would have make no difference to that experience, with the possible exception that some one else would own it now.