The argument that th, 2015-12-11, Nr. 6418

The argument that there are some popele incapable of living peacefully with others without the Sword of Damocles hanging over their head is not a convincing one to use to justify putting that Sword over the head of everyone.There are two reasons for this:First, the vast majority of popele conduct themselves day in and day out peacefully. Some few knowingly engage in coercive, destructive, and criminal actions against others, while another tiny fraction respond to random circumstances with violence (such as road rage) without criminal intent.Threatening and robbing the first group because of the other two is insane. That's the very group who have done no harm, yet are punished through regulation and taxation as if they themselves had done something wrong.Criminals respond to incentives. Removing the legal restrictions on self defense puts that capable threat you assume occurs with Government back into the hands of individuals, where it is exceptionally well placed. A centralized government cannot answer a distributed threat, only a distributed defense can, and that is why the right of the popele to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The latter will always exist, simply because human beings are not atoms. They act and choose to act, even sometimes irrationally, and creating a rational threat does nothing to effect irrational behaviors. The Darwin Awards amply demonstrate this.Second, you are assuming that a government is benevolent. That it universally protects all its citizens so that they feel safe to practice free trade. If you actually believe the institution of government is, or stays, benevolent, then either you believe in Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy, or you are simply too blind to history and reality to be bothered with.