# Sam Harris on a world without guns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-harris-on-a-world-without-guns/648808>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 30, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-harris-on-a-world-without-guns/648808 "2013-01-30T14:06:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-harris-on-a-world-without-guns/648808/121 "2013-02-05T01:33:18Z")

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> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#):
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> Protecting one’s 1st Amendment rights means defending oneself against government censorship or government persecution for one’s speech. The First Amendment starts “Congress shall make no law…”
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> It _doesn’t_ mean protecting yourself from individual nutjobs who want to harm you because they disagree with you.

OK, so we completely disagree on that. Did you have any other issues with Sam or I, or are we otherwise of like minds?

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-harris-on-a-world-without-guns/648808/122 "2013-02-05T19:31:58Z")

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> [@Kable](#):
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> OK, so we completely disagree on that. Did you have any other issues with Sam or I, or are we otherwise of like minds?

I think that was it. Thanks for acknowledging my point, even if you don’t agree with it. 🙂

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