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**mikeydesignzinc** · 03-01-2010, 10:53 PM

People don't trust the cops to be where they need them, when they need them.

Criminal generally do try to avoid committing crimes when police are present. NYC has 30,000+ cops (maybe 35K-ish at the moment). People still get vicimized. The rest of the country has a lot lower density of policing.

195, the key question would be "why?".

So many people, when put to this, simply say "because it is my right" or "to protect myself" when both are not really applicable in todays society.

There were many things that were "rights" that were later amended. Simply pointing at the Constitution and saying "hey, it says so" is not 100% enough, especially without the reason it was originally written for.

I am not saying that guns should be banned. At least not in this argument, but I have never accepted "because" as a suitable answer for anything.

03-01-2010, 10:53 PM	#26
mikeydesignzinc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	People don't trust the cops to be where they need them, when they need them. Criminal generally do try to avoid committing crimes when police are present. NYC has 30,000+ cops (maybe 35K-ish at the moment). People still get vicimized. The rest of the country has a lot lower density of policing. 195, the key question would be "why?". So many people, when put to this, simply say "because it is my right" or "to protect myself" when both are not really applicable in todays society. There were many things that were "rights" that were later amended. Simply pointing at the Constitution and saying "hey, it says so" is not 100% enough, especially without the reason it was originally written for. I am not saying that guns should be banned. At least not in this argument, but I have never accepted "because" as a suitable answer for anything.
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