We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue.
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Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.
If you disarm someone's hands - they cannot kill you!
Getting guns off the streets does make communities safer. We can't stand here and say because we don't have the perfect solution, we shouldn't try.
It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.
Guns aren't the problem; sick people are.
And if you're not going to have a clear health threat, you don't want to panic people.
I think that people's resistance to vaccination isn't going to disappear until we address some of the nonmedical reasons for that resistance and people's discomfort and distrust of the government. That's bigger than what most medical professionals can handle.
We must continue our fight to ensure that Federal, State, and local authorities have the resources and support necessary to combat this growing epidemic. This is a top priority for me and many of my colleagues here in Congress.
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.
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