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Not really.
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"Tennessee is one of four states, along with Arizona, Georgia and Virginia, that recently enacted laws explicitly allowing loaded guns in bars. (Eighteen other states allow weapons in restaurants that serve alcohol.)" So, not so much.
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Quote: And guns should get restricted far more, for example, from people who have zero training with guns. People can only operate cars if they pass a driving test. Guns kill more people than cars now. People should only operate guns if they pass a gun safety course.
driving, EVEN THOUGH they passed their driving test!
You're being illogical. The point is that driving tests create a barrier to people who don't know how to drive from accessing cars. Accidents happen DESPITE that. People are not forced to take a mandatory gun safety course right now even though guns are deadlier than cars. And I don't know what you're talking about with regards to cops. Cops go through intensive training on how to use guns and of course they use guns in practice. My stepfather is a cop. I should know. Cops may never have to fire a shot through their whole career, but they certainly are trained to know how to shoot and how to maximize safety with the weapon.
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Euthanasia is a different subject
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I don't hate guns. I grew up in Arkansas and was surrounded by guns the first two decades of my life. My stepfather collects guns. I took my daughter shooting at a range when she was 11 because I thought she should know what it's like to shoot a gun and how to use one. One doesn't need to hate guns to recognize that there are way too many guns in the United States and that's what's responsible for the ridiculously high rate of gun deaths in this country.
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And most people don't overdose and die on illicit drugs so those who do die shouldn't be held against people who don't die?
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That's not a mystery. I've been saying so from the outset.
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If the Second Amendment is responsible for 30,000+ deaths a year, then the Second Amendment should be amended.
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