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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:33:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > Read what Chris said. Read my reply. Think about it. You will see what my
> > > point is.
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> > The only point you seem to be making is that guns kill and therefore they
> > must not be tolerated.
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> No. Does the film say that?
I must have missed the film. But that is what *YOU* seem to be saying.
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> > More than once you have asked me if this is the best that I can do. I think
> > that I have done qite well in showing other perspectives of this issue. If
> > guns were the only cause of violent death in America, I might actually
> > consider the banning of them, however, they are not. Other forms of lethal
> > luxuries
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> So that is all a gun is : a luxury. I prefer a good bottle of wine any day.
> Or maybe new brakes for my bike (if any one is interested : I have ceramic
> 517's with Avid AR 4.0, but I do fancy some disks).
Guns are a very popular luxury indeed. And so are telephones and
automobiles. All of which have some very serious uses.
> Scott A
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I am not saying that. But it is a valid view. (...) I can't imagine life without a phone. I can live without a car (I cycle the 16 miles per day to work and back). I do live without a gun - I do not live in fear of criminals or the "state". (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) No. Does the film say that? (...) So that is all a gun is : a luxury. I prefer a good bottle of wine any day. Or maybe new brakes for my bike (if any one is interested : I have ceramic 517's with Avid AR 4.0, but I do fancy some disks). Scott (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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