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Date Posted: 17:23:50 04/03/03 Thu
Author: Gwydion
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 129.130.179.37
Subject: Re: So counter the point then...
In reply to: Khronos 's message, "So counter the point then..." on 05:15:35 04/03/03 Thu

>And now a few questions...
>
>What is the long term goal of an armed society?

Protection from oppression, essentially.

>Is
>there a saturation point where we can say we have
>"enough" guns? What is that theoretical point?

I'm not sure how you mean. I don't think there's a point where the number is too much, because the market will regulate itself. If you're talking about amounts in terms of what we allow, I think we should allow anything that infantry would use. If that includes tanks then so be it. As long as the government has an effective monopoly on firearms, the threat of oppression is real.

>What
>happens when you go beyond that point (pre-schoolers
>packing heat)? What can a society do to rectify that
>situation? Should we just accept it as a consequence
>of being an armed society that said saturation point
>is inevitable and simply resign ourselves to everybody
>(and I do mean everybody) carrying a gun all the time?

What if we have preschoolers doing coke? It's just like a controlled substance.

>Why is it in movies about the "old west" the town's
>people seemed to disapprove of gunslingers? Was that
>just Hollywood propaganda?

I don't know near enough about the Old West to answer that.

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