Quote Originally Posted by ThisYouWillDo View Post

I don't think you can accuse me of chucking platitudes around, and I certainly don't find the discussion boring. I don't think I have taken part in any serious discussion on gun-control in decades before joining this site, so I have not been over-exposed to too many hollow arguments either (or put forward too many of my own, I hope).
It wasn't aimed at you even if it was your post I was replying to.

And obviously the use of violence by the state has to be extremely tightly regulated. There must be specific, measurable and verifiable rules regarding the states use of violence. I think we can be sure that they'll use exactly the amount of violence that we let them. If they can, they'll do it. Violence is a very quick and effective way to solve conflicts. It's just that it's usually only a very short term solution to the conflict. So it should only be used as a last resort.