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Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 17 May 1999 14:06:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Stanley writes:
> Duane Hess <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > What I will not support though is the NRAs stance that automatic and semi-
> > automatic weapons are protected under this right. What use, other than "sport
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> Do you think you or I can go to a gun store and buy an automatic
> weapon? Do you know why or why not?
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> Do you understand what a semi-automatic weapon is?
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> Do you know what kind of handguns and rifles you would leave us with
> if all "automatic and semi-automatic" weapons were made to vanish?
Yes, I am very aware of the impact that this would have. That is my point.
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> > shooting" do these weapons have? None. They are bought and stored by
> > (generalization) paranoid individuals who feel that they need them to protect
> > their family and possesions. More often then not, the storage of these • weapons
> > is inadequate. To protect children from the fire arm stored in the house, the
> > ammunition should be stored seperately. The gun should also be equipped with • a
> > trigger lock. This protects the child from the gun, but renders the gun • useless
> > in the event of a "hostile attack from outside forces."
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> I don't have kids, may never have kids, so I'm not that worried about
> it. The few times when I've had the children of others in my home
> I've always unloaded my weapons and hid them in the back of a random
> sock drawer in my (off-limits) closed bedroom. I usually keep the
> magazines for my Glock on my person and the ammo for my .357 in a box
> on a shelf that is almost out of my reach in a closet.
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> People may call me paranoid for owning a weapon in the first place,
> but I think I'm sufficiently paranoid about keeping them out of the
> hands of the kids that might visit me twice a year.
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> > As you can see, there is a catch 22 here. Buy a gun to protect the family • from
> > intruders, but render the gun useless to protect the family from the gun.
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> I only have adults in my home.
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> > Why not buy a Doberman?
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> Over the weight limit for pets in my complex.
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