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Edited by dazarobbo:
3/28/2013 7:12:04 AM
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Intelligence²: The Right to Bear Arms is a Freedom Too Far
At 1100 PST / 1400 EST / 1900 GMT today, Will Self and Peter Hitchens will be debating the motion that "the right to bear arms is a freedom too far", for and against, respectively. Tickets to the debate are sold out, so it's going to be livestreamed on YouTube right [url=http://www.youtube.com/versusdebates]here[/url]. I'll edit (or another ninja can) the live video into the post when it's available.
Intelligence² debates typically involve the audience to participate in voting, so I figured we could do the same here with a poll. Although some of you will have already made up your mind which way you will vote, I encourage you to watch the debate regardless.
There is also little bit of background on the debate you can read [url=http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/versus-right-to-bear-arms/]here[/url].
Enjoy.
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5 RepliesAnyone that isn't a resident in the US should have no opinion on the matter because it doesn't concern them. States with more guns and more lenient gun laws have lower gun-crime rates than states with strict laws. That's just a fact in the US. As for implementing a gun ban, that's completely impossible in the US. There are hundreds of millions of guns legally owned in the US. Those guns are used in a nearly non-existent amount of crimes. The guns used in the vast majority of crimes were bought off the black market or stolen by criminals, who already can't legally own a gun. If you want to get rid of gun crimes, get more funding for the ATF so they can apprehend and charge gun traffickers, and work on the mental healthcare in this country so people that are mentally disturbed can be located and treated properly. Suicides count in the gun-related death statistics. Gang violence counts in the gun-related death statistics. Responsible gun owners aren't part of those statistics.
