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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 09:03:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Culberson writes:
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> Scott A wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> > > Let other countries willingly turn themselves into nations of sheep if they
> > > so wish.
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> > Did you fear for your life when you were in the UK last year?
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> 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.
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
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| (...) How can you say that? What would the presence/absence of guns have to do with the social situation. There are no guarantees that government will not "turn bad". What I'm saying is that IF the social situation WERE to turn bad, you might (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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