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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 May 1999 08:25:59 GMT
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johnneal@uswest[antispam].net
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> <snippage>
> > One last thing, pertaining to the notion of people kill people,
> > though I cannot quote a source, it has been proven, from a
> > psychological standpoint, that guns *do* kill. If faced with a
> > situation where violence might be used, the weaponry available
> > to the individual will dramatically alter the life expectancy
> > of the person on the receiving end.
If I may jump in to interject my 2 slugs worth;-) I don't know if the
Constitution guarantees the right to possess *guns* per say, merely to "bear
arms". Suppose technology creates a Star Trekkian phaser capable of merely
stunning an attacker? How does that affect how we view killing? *Everyone* would
be armed and capable to defend themselves against deadly force *without* the use
of deadly force.
> This is an interesting point, and it's one that I've not been presented
> with before. There is another psychological construct at work -
> Deterrence. Studies find that typically there is a weak inverse
> correlation between commonality of firearms and violent crime. It is
> believed that it would be somewhat stronger except that the cause of
> increased or decreased firearm presence is problem crime rates which
> mask the connections somewhat. It appears that armed societies actually
> are polite societies.
Arm everyone with non lethal weapons, and crime *will* go down. Create a stun gun
that works from a distance, give one to everyone, ban *all* traditional firearms,
and see what happens:-)
-John
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> --
> Sincerely,
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> Christopher L. Weeks
> central Missouri, USA
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| (...) What's to stop someone from stunning me first, then taking a rock and killing me? Besides, in the great wisdom of our leaders, current stun guns are illegal. (note heavy sarcasm). (...) Taser. Currently banned in most locales. Then the (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) How would that change anything? (...) OK, I'll bite :-) (...) Absolutely. 100% (...) I don't want to call them insignificant, but I think that due to the way you've phrased the question, the only answer I can give is Yes. I think that the RKBA (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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