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By: Justin Schwartzbeck
Issue date: 2/20/09 Section: Opinion
In response to "Right to Duel" on Feb. 19:
Vineet Tiruvadi's article "Right to Duel" is an excellent satire with an equally excellent point. It appears that this is a follow-up to his previous article, "Guns of tomorrow, laws of today," which received a barrage of angry comments from conservatives disgruntled at the very suggestion of replacing lethal weapons with non-lethal ones. As a conservative, I am rather disturbed at the level of obsession others of a like mind have with the gun issue. Many gun-loving conservatives would say criminals, when breaking the law, are no longer worthy of protection, and we are "better off without them." While I believe that keeping a lawful society is honorable and absolutely necessary, it is important we don't lose our grasp with the seriousness and finality of death. The second amendment protects our right to self-defense, not our right to take the lives of criminals. So what is really the main idea behind our right to self-defense? Is it to prevent crime or our self-righteous obsession with killing criminals?
Vineet Tiruvadi's article "Right to Duel" is an excellent satire with an equally excellent point. It appears that this is a follow-up to his previous article, "Guns of tomorrow, laws of today," which received a barrage of angry comments from conservatives disgruntled at the very suggestion of replacing lethal weapons with non-lethal ones. As a conservative, I am rather disturbed at the level of obsession others of a like mind have with the gun issue. Many gun-loving conservatives would say criminals, when breaking the law, are no longer worthy of protection, and we are "better off without them." While I believe that keeping a lawful society is honorable and absolutely necessary, it is important we don't lose our grasp with the seriousness and finality of death. The second amendment protects our right to self-defense, not our right to take the lives of criminals. So what is really the main idea behind our right to self-defense? Is it to prevent crime or our self-righteous obsession with killing criminals?
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