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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 19:15:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Culberson writes:
> Scott A wrote:
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> > Protection against who? You are most likely to be killed with those youlive
> > with - how many of those are from legally held/bought guns? In the USA only
> > 2% of gun deaths are legally justifiable. In the USA 50-100 0-4 year old
> > kids are shot and killed each year - how many of those are from legally
> > held/bought guns?
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> Could you please cite the source of your statistics?
No problem. These two:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/osp/usmort.htm
http://www.handguncontrol.org/
Which I found here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_326000/326106.stm
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> > If you are saying I do not live in gun culture - you are correct. Guns have
> > no place in by day-to-day life... I am happy that that is the case.
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> No, you are incorrect. Guns have no place in YOUR day to day life.
> Where I live, guns play a big part in MANY people's day to day life.
That's too bad.
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> > There are those who buy guns due to the movies... that was my point. They
> > are buying them with a "very skewed vision of guns".
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> So for the sake of those imbeciles everyone else should be forced to
> pay?
But what really would be the price. My life is not empty without a gun. I do
not live in fear.
> Also what exactly do you mean "buy guns due to the movies" and
> "guns may look good in the movies"? If people ARE buying a particular
> gun because they saw it in a movie - what is the problem with that?
It is weak.
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> The problems aren't in people owning guns - the problems are in what
> people do WITH guns.
The two things are related.
> The new gun control laws aren't adressing what
> people do with guns, they are punishing people for owning guns.
I agree.
Scott A
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| (...) Thanks. I will argue the point of owning guns for protection no further. I personally don't agree with some of the opinions expressed in the www.handguncontrol.com article, but I can't argue with statistics - because one can always argue the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Could you please cite the source of your statistics? (...) No, you are incorrect. Guns have no place in YOUR day to day life. Where I live, guns play a big part in MANY people's day to day life. (...) So for the sake of those imbeciles (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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