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Originally Posted by AENeuman
I struggle every year how to approach the gun topic in my government class. My opinion does not ever come up, but just presenting the issue is complicated.
It seems to me there are 3 main pro-gun groups/approaches:
1. Protection from bad guys
2. Protection from the government
3. Tradition, hobby, etc
As for my opinion:
Number 1 seems to do more harm than good. From family violence, suicide, mistakes/accidents, etc.
I agree with number 2 in so far as I do not think the institution that has the most irresponsible history of gun abuse is the best one to decide if I'm responsible.
Number 3 also seems reasonable, and similar to many other countries.
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A big one out here is protection from animals, especially protection of pets and livestock. I guess it's not really "a pro-gun groups/approach" that's very vocal, but that's the main utility of guns for a lot of people in rural areas, especially those that aren't really "gun people" normally.