No guns would probably not reduce crime... but will sure reduce the number of casualties dramaticaly!
Bastiaan On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:30:10 -0000, John Sparks wrote: > ----- 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
