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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
you don't watch or read a whole lot of news, do you?
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Sure I do, and the American media is largely to blame in fostering the "culture of fear" in this country. The evening news would have you believe that half the houses in town are broken into every month. It's simply not true.
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If a law prevents even one decent family from having effective means of defense, its not worth the law.
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You know what kills way more families than intruders with bullet-proof vests?
Cars
Let's ban cars. I mean, you value the lives of every family, so why are allowing these death machines on the roads?
Snarkiness aside, laws like this aren't written with the "if it saves one life" cliche in mind. If, statistically, more lives are saved than lost due to banning armor-piercing bullets (and by more, I mean by a large margin) then I would back the effort. You can't make concessions for every single possible scenario.