----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 8:49 PM Subject: Re: Keeping track of the news [was Re: UT (extreme:): the US and the human rights
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 20:20:46 -0000, John Sparks wrote: > > > I will have to concede then that in the current USA widespread gun ownership > > is desirable. > > > I grew up in suburban UK and almost no-one had a gun. I never saw anyone > > carrying a gun (other than children's toys) and only knew 2 people who owned > > guns (one an air pistol and one a revolver with no ammunition) Exceptions > > were the military and fairgrounds and the like. 30 years ago in my > > environment people did not get shot, none. No guns = no shootings period. > > > Unfortunately that is no longer true, especially in some areas. But I still > > believe that no guns is a desirable state of affairs. > > Why does there seem to be simply the consentration upon "no guns" as > being the answer to preventing crime ? > > Why not..... > no knives.... no clubs.... no swords.... no weapons of any kind ??? > > Is that not exactly what every dictator through-out history has done ??? > (remove every weapon they could from the hands of the civilians) > > Did removeing weapons from the civilians prevent crime ? > > Or did it simply make it easier for that dictator to > maintain controll over the civilian population ? > > As a debating point why not turn the argument round. Give everyone their own personal H-Bomb. Now that *would* be a deterrent against crime and dictators ;-) Of course you'd need to find some way to survive your own blast, darn there's always a snag. John > > -- > Glenn > http://arachne.cz/ > http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm > http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/03
