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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 22:55:30 GMT
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Scott A wrote:
> No problem. These two:
> http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/osp/usmort.htm
> http://www.handguncontrol.org/
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 validity of sttistics :)
I will point out though that the site is concerned (at least primarily)
with HANDGUN CONTROL......somethat that has already been in place in
Canada for quite some time.
> > 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.
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> That's too bad.
Why is that too bad? Why is it that guns are inherently BAD?
> > So for the sake of those imbeciles everyone else should be forced to
> > pay?
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> But what really would be the price. My life is not empty without a gun. I do
> not live in fear.
Once again you have mentioned YOUR life. What about the 1000's who DO
own guns? Obviously you don't have to live in fear - I'll never argue
that you should own a gun just for the heck of it if you really don't
care about them. In fact, I don't actually personally own a gun either
- but I have some very strong opinions about them in anticipation of
owning them in the future(I have a lot of friends and fmily members who
do).
> > 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?
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> It is weak.
It is weak to buy/own ANYTHING based on what you see in the movies, but
it sure happens alot, and it certainly isn't WRONG.....weak - yeah,
wrong - certainly not!
> >
> > The problems aren't in people owning guns - the problems are in what
> > people do WITH guns.
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> The two things are related.
No more so than with any other object. A baseball bat can be used to
play a 100% innocent game of baseball or it can be used to beat someone
to death.
> > The new gun control laws aren't adressing what
> > people do with guns, they are punishing people for owning guns.
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> I agree.
Well seeing as that has been my core argument all along...
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-TiM
NB, CA
http://echofx.itgo.com
t_c_c@yahoo.com
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| (...) No problem. These two: (URL) I found here: (URL) (...) That's too bad. (...) But what really would be the price. My life is not empty without a gun. I do not live in fear. (...) It is weak. (...) The two things are related. (...) I agree. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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