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Re: National vote on handguns?
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Sat, 21 Jul 2001 17:02:27 GMT
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If Guns Are Outlawed, Only the Government Will Have Guns.
Last year Georgia made it easier for a citizen to obtain a permit to carry a
concealed weapon. The liberals in this State were absolutely enraged!
Cynthia Tucker, the Editorial Page Editor of The Atlanta Constitution, wrote
that it would be "open season" on police officers, and that police officers
would die in large numbers if it were easier for private citizens to obtain
permits to carry concealed weapons. This is a good example of the aversion
to facts that most lefties have on this issue. The fact is that there has
never been one documented incident anywhere in this country where a police
officer was shot in the line of duty by a private citizen carrying a
concealed handgun for which he had a permit! Just where did she get this
"police will die in the streets" nonsense? Straight out of her illogical
mind, that's where.
Oddly enough, the statistics --- the FACTS ---- show that violent crime
rates go down when it becomes easier for private law-abiding citizens to
carry concealed weapons. The reason is simple, and logical. Criminals don't
like the idea that their victim may be armed!
An interesting thing happened in Florida in recent years when the law was
changed to make it easier for people to get carry permits. The violent crime
rate, including murders and armed robberies, went down. The predators were
afraid! Finally they figured out where they could find some victims who
would most likely have some cash, and who most likely would not have guns!
Get them coming off the airplanes at Miami International Airport! These
people are coming to Florida for a vacation, so they have cash. They have
just been through airport security, so they don't have guns. Now that's the
type of victim the predators want! Unarmed ones!
Out of all the privately owned handguns, legal and illegal, in the United
States, guess what percentage of them are not used in a murder in any given
year? Guess what percentage of them are not used in a crime of any type?
99.998% of all privately owned handguns in the U.S. are not used in a murder
in any given year.
99.96% of all privately owned handguns in the U.S. are not used in any crime
in a given year.
Now that really screams for gun control, doesn't it? How about some CRIMINAL
control?
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Trobaugh writes:
> > America is *NOT* a democracy, it's a republic. Laws are not made by "mob rule".
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> Yes, we are a representative-democracy (re-public). But we elect our mayors,
> governors, congressmen, and presidents by casting our individual votes. In a
> presidential election each state carries a number of electoral votes
> consistent with the number of constituents. In a way it could also be called
> "mob rule." So let the people, men and women, make this very important decision.
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> So far, the lobbyists have been in control of this issue and have prevented
> democracy from serving it's noble purpose. Should we trust our senators and
> congressmen to make the right choice for us when they are on the payroll of
> lobbyists like the NRA? There's no democracy if we make our laws and rights
> for the sake of profit and elitism, not the greater good of ALL Americans.
> Politician after politician has filled their pockets while blood has been
> spilled.
>
> I know taking away all the handguns and automatic weapons may not prevent
> all the crimes, injuries and deaths, but we can certainly try. I say put it
> to a vote and let the people be heard. If people want the guns, so be it. If
> you live by the sword, you'll die by the sword.
>
> Dan
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| Either way, I still say put it to a vote and let the American public decide. That sounds fair enough to me and I'll have no reason to complain either way since I'll know what my fellow Americans really want. Right now, I think the minority rules on (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yes, we are a representative-democracy (re-public). But we elect our mayors, governors, congressmen, and presidents by casting our individual votes. In a presidential election each state carries a number of electoral votes consistent with the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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