In my twitter polls a surprisingly large amount of people vote for 'small concrete good' as opposed to 'large abstract good' - for example, more people voted to 'save the life of a child' than 'prevent gender roles from reverting to the 1950s'
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The war machine was designed against other countries. If the government turns the war machine against itself, it risks going down with it. And maybe it will take that risk - but an armed populace makes it less likely.
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No, I think that is a really weak version of my argument. I don't think that what I'm worried about is the government suddenly going rogue.
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There is room in the gun control debate for reasonable actions to be taken that would curb gun violence that aren't banning guns. To argue this issue in absolute terms is disingenuous to the spirit of democracy.
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I agree. I don't mean to argue this absolutely. I am open to regulations that increase safety while not reducing the power of the people to fight back if they ever need to.
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