[jonahbenton]

I couldn't disagree more. With respect, all of these arguments are specious and exist in the world of fantasy, not reality.

The "dependent on someone else" business is in fact the way the world works, with billions of people, trillions of capital, millions of businesses, deeply interconnected trade, etc etc.

In this reality, everyone has a few jobs that they perform, and many, many jobs they don't. Doing your job, and leaving other jobs to others, is what adults do.

Children are people who don't understand reality and live in their fantasies, dreaming about days that never come, inventing stories about the creatures in their minds, not living in the world.

The question of "who keeps the warriors in check" in fact empirically answers itself, every single day.

Similarly, every single act of civilian gun violence- so unique to the United States- is the evidence against any argument that there is a legitimate role for gun possession.

Finally, with respect to well armed neighbors- the data and logic and every ounce of decency know that a world where everyone has a gun is a world where everyone dies prematurely, violently, needlessly.

The magical thinking is yours. I hope that you come out of it some time. Cheers.

[halffaday]

Writing an insult and punctuating it with “cheers” is so insincere and sanctimonious that your argument is it’s own counter-argument.

If you think civilian gun violence is unique to the US, you should really r check in on any country south of our border. All of which have much more restricted gun ownership.

[oldjavacoder]

"The bottom line is that both sex crimes and gun use are about violence and power."

Thank you for making it easy to ignore the remainder of your blather.

[vzcx]

Excuse me, sir, flamebait is classified as a destructive device. I'm going to need to see the NFA tax stamp for this post.