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In reply to the discussion: Why Cops Shouldn't be Allowed to Carry Guns [View all]TPaine7
(4,286 posts)57. The times, they are changing...
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Even if this were not so, not all who live in inner cities vote for the violation of their own rights.
IIRC, the CEO or founder (or both) of a famous pizza chain was building a city in Florida for conservative Catholics. Of course, being in America, there are sure to be people who live in the city who aren't conservative Catholics.
Just because the majority support banning birth control, should that mean that they get to dictate to the minority who want to practice it?
It doesn't matter what the people in a highly conservative Catholic area think about birth control, or what those in a given city think about the right to keep and bear arms. They can refuse to exercise their own rights, but they cannot legitimately ban others from exercising theirs.
Even if this were not so, not all who live in inner cities vote for the violation of their own rights.
IIRC, the CEO or founder (or both) of a famous pizza chain was building a city in Florida for conservative Catholics. Of course, being in America, there are sure to be people who live in the city who aren't conservative Catholics.
Just because the majority support banning birth control, should that mean that they get to dictate to the minority who want to practice it?
It doesn't matter what the people in a highly conservative Catholic area think about birth control, or what those in a given city think about the right to keep and bear arms. They can refuse to exercise their own rights, but they cannot legitimately ban others from exercising theirs.
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aren't cops just private individuals in uniform doing a job that is paid for by our taxes?
Tuesday Afternoon
Jun 2012
#3
They are Private Individuals Hired by a Collective Group of Private Individuals and as such They
Tuesday Afternoon
Jul 2012
#88
Nobody should carry a gun, unless they have damn good reason for doing so.
Starboard Tack
Jun 2012
#11
So being armed in case of confrontation in order to preserve your life isn't a "damn good reason"?
TPaine7
Jun 2012
#13
I don't think I excel at talking my way out of situations any more than you or anyone else.
Starboard Tack
Jun 2012
#19
Sure killing is nothing to brag about, but no one said anything about bragging.
TPaine7
Jun 2012
#21
We risk our lives every time we get out of bed. Has nothing to do with carrying guns.
Starboard Tack
Jun 2012
#26
Why do you refuse to apply your analysis to the other branch--the one I raised?
TPaine7
Jun 2012
#33