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Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 18 May 1999 16:33:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Mon, 17 May 1999 21:45:33 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
> wrote:
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> > Duane Hess <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > > > The big reason I see some value in gun licensing is that education could
> > > > > become a part of the requirement to own a gun which would tremendously
> > > > > increase the percentage of gun owners who are responsible.
> > > >
> > > > That is my hope, belief, and aim.
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > >
> > > This may be some common ground where we can all agree.
> >
> > I can agree with the thought. Never safe to assume that the losers
> > who end up making up the regulations and nit-picky junk would actually
> > create a program that would be effective.
>
> True. In which case, it would be time to change the legislation.
>
> But, I think training which is mostly ineffective is still better than no
> training.
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> Maybe I've been watching too much TV (entirely likely), but I have these
> mental images of people walking into gun shops, buying a weapon OTC, and
> thinking that they are suddenly safe from attack. Without knowledge and
> experience, they are a danger to themselves and others.
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> Steve
I can only hope that anyone who holds a gun has the same feelings that I
do. I have enough experience with guns (at least rifles and a few different
types of handgun) that I am confident in my own abilities to use one if
need be, but it still scares the hell out of me to know the power resting
in my hands.
I have expressed my views on gun control in other posts (I won't get into
that again since this seems to be a relatively peaceful discussion). Even
though there would still be many types of guns available which I am opposed
to, I would feel much safer knowing that the owners of such weapons actually
knew what they were doing with them. The thought of an experienced guy with
an (1)assault rifle (I'm going a little overboard here) blowing away an
intruder doesn't bother me as much as the thought of an inexperienced guy
with the same weapon wasting the intruder and three of his neighbors.
Duane
(1) No, I haven't changed my stance. I am using this example to illustrate
a point.
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