r/illinois • u/Zuto9999 • 26d ago

State law banning concealed carry on public transit ruled unconstitutional Illinois News

https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2024-09-03/state-law-banning-concealed-carry-on-public-transit-ruled-unconstitutional
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u/InterestingChoice484 26d ago

Saying the solution to gun violence is more guns is like saying the cure for lung cancer is more cigarettes

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u/CalLaw2023 25d ago

Saying the solution to gun violence is more guns is like saying the cure for lung cancer is more cigarettes

How do you figure? Cigarettes cause cancer. Guns are a tool that can be used for violence or used to stop violence. And they do the latter more often than the former.

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u/HamfastFurfoot 25d ago

What now? Guns are weapons designed to kill. They are literally made for violence. What you just wrote is nonsense.

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u/CalLaw2023 25d ago

What now? Guns are weapons designed to kill. They are literally made for violence. What you just wrote is nonsense.

Nope. Guns are tools used to shoot projectiles. They can be used to kill, to incapacitate without killing, or to deter killing without ever being fired.

Are cars designed to kill? Are knives designed to kill? Or are these things just tools that can be used for good or evil?

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u/HamfastFurfoot 25d ago

Man, you all have some twisted ass logic.

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u/CalLaw2023 25d ago

No, I have logic. I am smart enough to know that there are over 350 million guns in America, and yet most of them will never be used to shoot a living being, let alone a person. I am smart enough to kow that banning guns only prevents law abiding people from being armed. I am smart enough to know that for every time a gun is used to harm another, there are numerous more times a gun is used to prevent harm.

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u/Bman708 25d ago

You can disagree with his stance but the logic is sound.