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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 6 Jan 2001 14:51:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Culberson writes:
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> Scott A wrote:
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> > I see no need to own a gun. I see no need to own 2 guns. I see no need to
> > own 3 guns. Sure, guns may look good in the movies - but I can live without
> > them.
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> > Scott A
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> Well that's great for YOU....but many other people have several reasons
> to own guns - hunting, target shooting, collections for the sake of
> collection, and for some, personal protection.
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> Although I hate to presume I'm guessing that you live in an urban or
> sub-urban type area where neither you or anybody else has any interest
> in guns or the sports associated with them.
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> For that reason, the biggest exposure you've had to them is in the
> movies. Like 95% of everything in the movies, if we base our opinions
> and attitudes on them we're standing on some pretty unrealistic ground
> and have a very skewed vision of guns.
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> I also don't understand the reason behind your above statements - I
> could say the same thing about any recreational type item that you may
> own.....I could say "I see no reason to own a TV, 2 TVs, or any number
> of TVs....I can live without TV" - Of course! Anyone can live without
> TV but most persons in developed countries enjoy the entertainment value
> of the TV.
How many people are murdered with TV's?
Scott A
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) WHOA! Hold on one Second here.....I'm still debating the original issue - that is that gun control will do absolutely nothing to stop crime ---- I fully agree that guns are often used as weapons because they are in fact so effective...no doubt (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) A small but probably non-zero number. So what? Guns kill a few innocents, so do TVs. Worse yet, TVs sap the intellect and ambition from millions every day. In fact, I have read of correlational studies suggesting that TV exposure correlates to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well that's great for YOU....but many other people have several reasons to own guns - hunting, target shooting, collections for the sake of collection, and for some, personal protection. Although I hate to presume I'm guessing that you live (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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