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Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:35:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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Ownership is one thing; ownership without responsibility is a different
kettle of fish.
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I agree with that. Now I am not an NRA member but one of their biggest
“causes” (for lack of a better word) is insisting on responsible owenership.
They also support mandatory minimum prison sentances for persons who commit
crimes with guns. Imagin that, punish the people who commit the crime, not
the objects they use. (And don’t even get me started on how a pair of
scissors is far more deadly in close quaters.)
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“Insisting” is not a word that I think the NRA would use or want you to use.
“Insisting” would means that they back mandatory gun safety courses as a
precursor to gun ownership, something I don’t believe they back (they want no
impediments to actually buying a gun).
And no, scissors aren’t more deadly (note the word “more” - a pencil can be
deadly, though I imagine it would take a bit of work to make Lego deadly).
-->Bruce<--
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) And scissors, pencils, and LEGO all have a primary function which has nothing to do with the ending or maiming of a life. What is a gun's *primary* function? As soon as you start realizing you can't sit there and say, "Well, such-n-such can (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I agree with that. Now I am not an NRA member but one of their biggest "causes" (for lack of a better word) is insisting on responsible owenership. They also support mandatory minimum prison sentances for persons who commit crimes with guns. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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