What the hell is wrong with this country?

[ChrisCantSkate]

as soon as you think there is a lesser of 2 evils, it makes itself the greater of the 2 evils. this might be one of the hardest "laws" or even products we have to regulate.

in my personal opinion, i think crime would go up if we had no guns, but the death rate from crimes would go down. which is more evil? well death right? well, maybe, maybe not. what if people are beaten or stabbed to all hell instead of a single BANG? its much more inhumane to beat someone to death than shoot them (we've never had a beating squad for capitol punishment, but we have had firing squads)

i could make argument after argument and counter with equally as convincing statistics. i feel the answer is we are a resourceful species, and we will always use what is avalible in our environment to achive what we are trying to accomplish. taking away one means wont eliminate the real issue. we are too smart for our own good sometimes