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(...) I (...) to (...) The purpose of bleach is not to kill people, and the purpose of handguns is, so it's kind of a misleading comparison that you are making when you talk about banning. My point was simply that people *do* consider household (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?)
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(...) What I assert is that "no one is lobbying to remove bleach from the public." And to the best of my knowledge, this is true. Trying to get people to lock their bleach away from kids is different -- in several senses -- than trying to remove (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I refuse to pay that myself because DVDs are cheaper to make. I only buy them when they are $15-$20, same as a VHS. (...) The true difference can not be seen unless you have a High Definition TV. The picture and sound of a DVD is far superior (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bargain buying (was: New support group: Lego Anonymous)
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(...) Imagination (...) and (...) came (...) Lego (...) greatest (...) bargains (...) buy in (...) 349,-, (...) down. (...) get the (...) ¨We (...) the (...) fast. (...) Motor (...) I never have, I don't now, nor will I ever. It is a free market (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?)
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(...) ingestion (...) Actually, they are trying frantically to get people to lock up dangerous chemicals and keep them away from kids, so I can't agree with this line of logic. Thinking about it more, this line of logic is: hey, people are stupid (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm pretty sure that it would be called assault. Possibly assault with a deadly weapon. I'm sure it was a felony. My friend was startled for a moment and then recovered by shout-laughing something like 'you're going to shoot me because we (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?)
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(...) Yikes! Is that sort of sociopathy legally actionable in any way? It doesn't seem to me too far-fetched that a jerk sufficiently insecure and out of balance to threaten a 14 year old with both fist and firearm might act on his those same (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here are a few stats that you might find interesting: Did you know-- * Every 13 seconds one of America's 70 million gun owners uses a firearm in defense against a criminal? * American women use handguns 416 times a day in defense against (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) firearms. (...) I do know of a young woman filling an electric Uzi-style squirtgun with bleach and using to deface people. But I agree that it's pretty rare. But, people lobbying/arguing/whining against guns invariably say that it's for the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think part of the reason that no such lobby exists is because the frequency of bleach-related violence is very low, and almost no one robs a convenience store with a bottle of soap. Of course you're correct, though; the incidence of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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