Lain out... (Some of it at least)
First I want to comment on a strong issue I haven't come across in a debate before... A comment by Edward...
1) There are already Billions of guns in the world. If I gave mine up, potential is still high that almost anyone I meet may have one that they did not give up and may use against me or a loved one. We cannot dis-invent guns at this point.
This has a strong ring of truth... How to dispose of guns is not an easy thing. In norway, there hasn't really been a gun issue. Last time there was an issue with weapons, the highest technology was still a sword...
I can't put my finger on *the* thing that will make the transition smooth. I can agrue why it should be done, but can't be done in an instant...
If the United States erased the 2nd amendment over night, criminals would still have them, and citizens would be greatly liable... But a thing that goes around europe is that somehow weapons aren't needed.
I won't give the cause. The cause is very much liable for debate, and I'm not gonna pretend to being able of giving the right answer.
-Philosphy isn't math...
I think that getting rid of guns is answered by a change of culture. That only if every man and woman says it's enugh, it can be over. Putting down a law doesn't stop opinion, and opinion steers a man. -Law maybe, but only of his dirction is to follow law.
Look at the southern states in the 50's and 60's... The white man there didn't stop hating the black man because a law said he couldn't...
But let's say Jesus went out to to save mankind, and he did it by saying "I am king, and the new law is to love"... He wouldn't get much response. It's like a man saying he's an emperor because some tart threw a scimitar at him... Or King Arthur because the lady of the lake blessed him with excalibur...
He had the tounge of wisdome. AND HE IS A FIRM PROOF OF THE POWER OF THE TOUNGE! They said the messiah would defeat the romans? Romans chrusified him, maybe... Rome is now the capital of the religion he started...
-Sortof strong, eh?
Only if the people is inspired, can the people lay away guns. Only if they truly change their views. People are different from sheep. The sheperd says that it cannot stray, and it doesn't... But a human needs a good reason...
(Maybe if there's reason enugh... Maybe criminals can stop using them?)
-Depends on how strong the leader is, and how much he impresses...
"Welcome. Don't be thin skinned, some strong opinions here"
-I won't...