Guns, Are they necessary? Options

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So besides guns being allowed in the military, do you think guns should be allowed into regular peoples hand even if they have a license or a permit for it?

Many countries that are expected to surpass the US in a couple years do not allow guns, they only allow it for strict military reasons and defense reasons. Should US adopt this too?

Opinions welcome, Cussing someone out and bashing isnt :]

[brooklyneast05]

I think without guns there would be less break in's and burgularies, I mean guns can cause confidence, if you were expecting to break into someones house without a gun, you would have to rely on complete fighting skills. This would also allow people to go out and learn self defense skills (not really important). There would for sure be fewer house break in's from younger more aggressive people, also I would rather be attacked with a knife or a stick rather then a gun cause at least I have a chance at defending myself and in court cases, at least you cannot be tried for murder if you defend yourself without a gun, people use guns to defend themselves and eventually get tried for murder, which is even worse in my opinion.

You can't present an argument based on facts and rely solely on your opinion to get you through the debate without any facts to back up.

for real.

there's no reason whatsoever to think that making guns illegal will mean that guns in the hands of criminals will just disappear. drugs are illegal, and we can clearly see that saying "drugs are illegal!" hasn't stopped people from having them. it will be the same thing. making guns illegal will prevent the responsible firearm owners from having a gun, and the people we don't want to have guns will still have them.

i agree that it will probably stop some armed robbery and what not by some "young aggressive people", but at what cost?