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Originally Posted by AerostarMonk
I'm sorry, but I have a hard time making a real connection between dogs and guns. I mean the whole punishing responsible people I understand. But the persecution of living creatures and which guns are legal and illegal are on two whole different levels.
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No, it's not different, really. One of the main arguements pro-BSL is that dogs like Pit Bulls are bred solely as weapons, to kill people and animals, and that they have no other use. Another arguement is that the only people who have dogs like that are psychos, criminals, drug dealers, gang members and the dregs of society. The BIG arguement is that if you get rid of such dogs, you automatically not only eliminate ALL dog attacks and dog bites, but you also get rid of the "bad people" who have dogs as weapons. The big arguement in favor of eliminating guns is that if you get rid of guns, you stop all violence and most crime, and all the crazy people who do awful things will just go away, too. Thus, No Pit Bulls + No Guns=Perfect World Free From Violence and Bad, Crazy People, since now the Bad, Crazy People won't have any way to hurt or kill others. They will just stop being Bad, Crazy People or they'll just disappear altogether. Of course, all that is total horse hockey, as Col Potter used to say, since neither taking away the dogs or the guns addresses the REAL problem-there are still plenty of hate-filled whackos who want to hurt and kill others, and they can be very creative when it comes to finding ways to do that.
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