You don't have to be
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...very strong anti gun...
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to see the various flaws in the analysis by gun rights owners so strongly proclaimed here.
One of the first steps toward killing someone is to de-humanize them, often used by the military. Make you opponent "less than human", and it's just easier to shoot/kill an "animal" or less than it is a human.
One method seems to be determining, without the rule of law (think Mob mentality), that
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...some "humans" are not canidates for rehibilitation.
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"Humans" in quotes indicate's they are less than human.
There are to many examples of prisoners freed after years who were later found innocent. I wonder how many have been excecuted who were also innocent?
A swift execution is a rush to judgement, a "confession" may or may not be accurate, it needs to be checked out, verified. There are plenty of examples of "confessions" that turned out not true. The USA gun laws are based on reason, logic and law. The people I fear are the gun toting "For God and Country" extremists willing to shoot first and THINK later. The law of the land helps to check that mentality and may well save your life and the life of an innocent.