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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The ucmj being strict is worth little against someone taking up his guns and going rampage.

Why does anyone from the Police or Military need to own firearms privately? The only reason i could think of is training, but that is a responsibility of the employer, to give enough training to the cops and soldiers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Private ownership of guns is allowed, asking why anyone needs it is non sequitur.

You need to decide if you are ok with living in a free society or not. In a free society people are going to be able to do bad stuff sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What makes you a more free person? Much smaller risk of death and suicide or owning guns? Lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Being able to choose either of those myself is unarguably the freest. The real question is the conflicting rights. If the right to own guns is conflicting with the right to life liberty and the persuit of happiness then we need to find a resolution. Legally speaking when two rights collide like this the they typically try and preserve as much of both rights as possible. Thats not what every gun control advocate wants though. Everyone has a different version of how it should shake out.

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