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(...) Well there are restriction on knife sales and use in the UK, but that is another issue. (...) Guns are intended to kill. They offer a user a rather remote way to kill a person in an instant. No struggle. No blood on the user. Just death. Scott (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd argue is has to represent both the minority & the majority. Scott A (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Could you please cite the source of your statistics? (...) No, you are incorrect. Guns have no place in YOUR day to day life. Where I live, guns play a big part in MANY people's day to day life. (...) So for the sake of those imbeciles (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) WHOA! Hold on one Second here.....I'm still debating the original issue - that is that gun control will do absolutely nothing to stop crime ---- I fully agree that guns are often used as weapons because they are in fact so effective...no doubt (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Uhh....I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with you on that one Scott.....a democracy is the government representing the MAJORITY.....not the MINORITY. (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Protection against who? You are most likely to be killed with those youlive with - how many of those are from legally held/bought guns? In the USA only 2% of gun deaths are legally justifiable. In the USA 50-100 0-4 year old kids are shot and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why not? They have no place in society. (...) They are not hurting me as I do not live in that sort of culture. If I did, I expect they would "hurt" me in some small way. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not on every issue. (...) That is all part of democracy Tom. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My thoughts 100%. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How many people are murdered with TV's? Scott A (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Tim Culberson wrote in message <3A55160C.9A731E80@y...oo.com>... (...) <opinion> Good! Guns are freaking dangerous and the more that have their ownership known, and the less that get owned, the better! </opinion> (...) It's obviously going to reduce (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Christopher Weeks wrote in message ... (...) problem (...) I (...) The _concept_ of ownership is an ancient one, certainly, but as far as I know the laws of government are the only thing that _assign_ the right of ownership. (...) voluntarily (...) (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fair enough - I agree that it is similar to car registration and whether or not one agrees with car registration is rather irrelevant in the sense that car registration is a relatively old law and the fact that you DO have to register your (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Um, I was replying to Scott, if you didn't notice. Scott seems to have the attitude of "screw the minorities" - everything's fine with him, because he's in the majority in the UK. And he seems to think that if he DOES end up in the minority, he can (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm _not_ telling you _not_ to own a gun. Nor is the Canadian Government. What it _is_ telling you is that you _have_ to register the ownership of the gun, which is no more onious than registering the ownership of your car- you can chose not (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well that's great for YOU....but many other people have several reasons to own guns - hunting, target shooting, collections for the sake of collection, and for some, personal protection. Although I hate to presume I'm guessing that you live (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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That's certainly your choice. But don't try to tell others not to own them. If they aren't hurting you by owning them, it's none of your business whether they own any or not. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So someone's money should be stolen from them for up to 18 years because of another's (and THEIR PARTNER'S) deception. Nice world you live in - take everyone else's money, whether they need it or not. -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Your case is not relevant - your mother and step-father obviously understood you were not "his". There was no fraud involved. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This statement.... (...) And this statement... Conflict. So you're saying the NON-biological father SHOULD support the child, strictly from a legal marriage contract (that generally assumes fidelity), he should support them because he's been (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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