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Subject: 
Re: My Gun Control Rant
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Date: 
Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:22:20 GMT
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Scott A wrote:

What if you miss? Does your shooter have enough power to force a bullet
through wall of your home? What then? The fact is, statistics show that you
are more likely to use your gun on yourself or your family, than you are a
criminal.

Statistics be thrown out the window - if you're in a position where no
matter how bad the argument gets you'll haul a gun on your own family
then gun control isn't going to help -- you can just as easily use
anything else around the house for a weapon even if you're gun is taken
away.  You need proffesional help (or punishment) if you're in that
state of mind.

Let other countries willingly turn themselves into nations of sheep if they
so wish.

Did you fear for your life when you were in the UK last year?

Just because the social situation in the UK isn't currently in a state
where one needs to fear, it doesn't mean that it will always be that
way.

--
-TiM
NB, CA
http://echofx.itgo.com
t_c_c@yahoo.com
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  Re: My Gun Control Rant
 
(...) Nope, simply not true. How many deaths by knife are there in comparison to those by gun in the US each year? I'm willing to bet that the death rate by firearms in the UK is substantially less than the death rate by firearms in the US , eh? I'm (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: My Gun Control Rant
 
(...) But I think it is that way because there are no/little guns. I am pretty sure I have seen no more than 5-10 non-military guns in my 32 years here. All those 5-10 were in the hands of the police. Scott A (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: My Gun Control Rant
 
(...) What if you miss? Does your shooter have enough power to force a bullet through wall of your home? What then? The fact is, statistics show that you are more likely to use your gun on yourself or your family, than you are a criminal. Do you (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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