A 9mm makes a nice rat killer. ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm not anti-firearms, but I am anti-hand guns (and to a lesser extent > semi-automatic rifles/shotguns). They have one purpose, and one > purpose only, to kill people. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 1/10/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Sorry, I must disagree. An armed victim is more likely to defend >>herself than a disarmed victim. To paraphrase a member of the English >>House of Lords in the losing battle against the handgun ban in GB. >>'Firearms are used to defend the weak against the strong. To restrict >>their use by citizens is to deny them the right to self defense. >>Governments may have the power to do that, but should not have the >>right.' Apparently the British Government no longer believes in the >>Citizens right of self defense. Do you? >> >> >>William Robb wrote: >> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hand guns don't cause crime, if that were true once Great Britain banned >>>>all hand guns, (and made shotgun ownership much more difficult), violent >>>>crime would have been eliminated, in fact it increased, (violent crime >>>>rates in England are now higher than in the US). I doubt that smuggling >>>>firearms is the cause of violent crime in Canada, it's a symptom of >>>>something else. >>>> >>> >>>Straw man argument, Peter. >>>Gun crimes are more likely to end up with the victim being more seriously >>>hurt or dead than other types of weapons crimes, and can be used at range >>>where the victim has less chance of self defence. >>> >>>William Robb >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>-- >> >>The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. >> -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > >
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