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Re: New Web Page
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Thu, 13 May 1999 22:03:14 GMT
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On Thu, 13 May 1999 15:34:45 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following
profundities...
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> > Ah. Ok, so guns are bad because they don't allow people with
> > murderous intent to rethink their course of action while in the
> > process of killing someone. How clear it seems now.
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> No, they are bad because they provide people with the option of easily
> doing violence (shooting someone), rather than difficult violence
> (stabbing, strangling, bludgeoning, etc) or the even-more unthinkable
> prospect of peacably working things out. In the 'heat of the moment', some
> people will go for the gun, if it's there.
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> Having said all that, I don't understand the psychology of being able to
> murder someone. Go ahead, call me a wimp, but I can't imagine killing
> someone. OK, I can imagine it, but I can't imagine actually doing it.
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> Steve
This is getting close to what I was trying to say. Which Mike
has decided to close off to, rather than trying to understand
what was meant, and blow everything off.
The facility of violence as you had described is very good, and
what I was trying to touch upon by mentioning psychology of
violence. I had some ridiculous example to use, translating it
to recent, dreadful events.
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| (...) Well, so much of everything else you said was complete and utter crap that I guess I didn't have the energy to read your mind instead of reading what you wrote. Sorry, but that lead-in (if you support the right to own a gun you must think the (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I agree with this statement. I think a 'gun license', similar to a 'driving license', is a reasonable and rational requirement for gun ownership. Anyone who wants to legally obtain a gun should be willing to go through a period of training and (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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