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I have cited study after study and offered rational argument. I have not once offered "hysterical rhetoric."
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'Child killer' isn't hysterical rhetoric?
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1) You have glossed over the possibility that someone can steal your arms. If they are in a safe, they can be stolen. If they are in a silo 50 feet underground, they can be stolen. If you really think that your weapons are un-stealable, you need an education in both crime and physics.
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You are giving this wannabe 'child killer' a lot of credit for being determined and resourceful. You need an education in reality and possibly a deprogramming on woowoo mindset. Not a child-killer, yet.
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This leads us to:
2) You are correct that when I used the phrase "aiding and abetting," I was not using it in the legal sense of knowing the criminal objective. I used it in the street sense. So let me rephrase: if you have a gun which is stolen by a killer, you have helped the killer get a gun. If you had no gun to steal, the killer cannot be armed by you. This is a simple point.
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There is no 'street sense', it's either the legal term or you're wrong, and yet again, you're using deliberately incendiary rhetoric.
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As for your question, "Why is the killer free?", there is a simple answer: first-time killer.
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To clarify, you're suggesting that this future child killer has selected me to be a partner in crime? Complete scaremongering fantasy. Maybe it works with your classroom, not with adults.
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So, since you have not refuted my argument, let me re-state: if there is a percentage chance that your gun may be stolen, there is a percentage chance that you will supply a weapon to a killer of children. Do you really want to live with the knowledge that, by simply possessing a gun, you made it possible for someone else to kill children?
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You're giving yourself WAAAAAAAAAY too much credit for your argument that clearly isn't there when you read my counter.
If my handgun is used to kill someone it will be me using it and I will have exhausted every other option before doing so.
Maybe you should stick to arguing the adoption of Unicorn Leash Laws in that fantasy land you live in?