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“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for ...
> And giving up the ability to carry a gun in exchange for safe streets for everyone! Lunacy! /s
Almost everywhere in the world this is considered a reasonable trade-off.
BobbyJo
on Aug 7, 2021
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Sure. It's a bad faith argument though. Nowhere in the world, with or without guns, has absolutely safe streets. So where on the sliding scale of safe it becomes worth it is subjective.
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Almost everywhere in the world this is considered a reasonable trade-off.