 | | guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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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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| | | | | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?) —Dave Schuler
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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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| | | | | | | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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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?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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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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| | | | | | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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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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| | | | | | Re: guns vs. household cleaners vs. gamers (was Re: What do other parents do with Lego guns?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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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?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) This seems like a funny issue. I've tried to talk about it before without much success. Who gets to decide purpose? I own a handgun. Do I get to decide what it's purpose is as the owner? Does the company (Ruger) that manufactured it get to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jul-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?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | (...) much (...) The primary use of a handgun is to shoot people. If you want to go hunting, it's a poor choice. Target practice? Yes, but that's not why handguns were invented. Ruger. Good choice. Very solid. I liked my Ruger much better than (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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