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then merely allowing individuals to carry is discriminatory, creates a class of second-class citizens, and doesn't do what is necessary to keep everyone safe. This isn't about individual rights.
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Well fortunately, dripping sarcasm or not, thats not how this society works and it definitely isn't how rights work. You simply can't enforce force someone to exercise a right. The opposite is equally true. This is exactly about individual rights. People have a right to defend themselves and others from bodily harm or death. Implicit in this right is the right to the best tools (i.e. weapons) available for the job.
As has been said before, a gun is nothing more than a tool, without any moral status of its own. The demonization of guns in society today is sad.