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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 18:39:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Culberson writes:
> Scott A wrote:
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> > How many people are murdered with TV's?
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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 about that in my mind. On the same note,
> so are kitchen knives, letter openers, frying pans, chainsaws, and a
> billion other things - but we sure as heck don't have to register them.
Well there are restriction on knife sales and use in the UK, but that is
another issue.
> Why guns?
Guns are intended to kill. They offer a user a rather remote way to kill a
person in an instant. No struggle. No blood on the user. Just death.
Scott A
> In my mind the problem is that people have been so ingrained
> psychologically that guns are inherently bad in every sense, hence why
> are we allowing people to keep them. It's the same as almost everything
> -- sure guns CAN be used for evil purposes, but they can also be used
> for enjoyment and in some cases other things too like livelihood
> (hunting).
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> I'v esaid it a few times and I'll say it again - the new gun control
> laws will do NOTHING to stop crime -- show me gun control laws that will
> and I'll think about changing my position.
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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