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Originally Posted by shinerbock
However, for those of us who do have some experience with the subject matter, it is fairly easy to spot those who are unfamiliar with it.
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It obviously isn't as easy as you think.
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
A lot of people are out there spreading lies/misrepresentations/misunderstandings about firearms. Thus, if I think I spot some, I'm more than willing to point them out.
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This is why I edited my post. This isn't a gun control debate but there were no lies/misrepresentations/misunderstandings in my post. More importantly, this isn't a general gun control debate. I agree with the right to bear arms--as long as those who are pro and con aren't misrepresenting the truth. I never said that gun carriers are crazy people who want to shoot up the world just because they can legally carry a gun. I know that most gun carriers rarely use their gun or have one for hunting (which goes back to my previous post).
I simply disagree with guns where the law currently forbids them. I said that in certain contexts (i.e. home, school, work) guns can increase the violence potential because everyone wants to protect "what's theirs" and it decreases the ability for altercations to end without gunfire.
Therefore, the law forbids them in certain places for a reason.
Among those reasons:
1. People who own guns do not shoot up random restaurants if the server pisses them off. However, the likelihood of gun violence increases with the frequency in which gun access converges with people's daily interactions with others. That's based on years of qualitative and quantitate research on gun violence in neighborhoods, homes, and schools.
2. The above includes already motivated offenders (who weren't found in background checks--no surprise) who now have a legal reason to have their gun at school--spend less time hiding their gun and more time focusing on what they plan on doing with it.
3. Everything else I said in my previous posts.
This is a circular discussion because my point of reference will always be different than yours. That's fine.
Sorry, T La Rock, LL killed it. 
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