| As an anecdotal evidence; I know how to handle
| fire-arms of many kinds yet I do not own any and would
| never knowingly take a human life, not even in self
| defense or defense of family.
Huh? Now I have just as much respect for life as the next person, maybe
even more so than many (how many of you big meanies squash ants and spiders
and stuff? >=-p), but I'm sorry .. If I thought that either myself or
someone else was threatened, I would act accordingly. That self
preservation instinct can be a powerful motivator. That doesn't mean I
would *want* to kill someone, but, in a way, why should I have respect for
their life if the don't have any for mine?
Todd
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As every Jedi knows .. Sith happens!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy McDowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: Violent education
| Gel, I agree with everything you said except this;
|
| "These children were TAUGHT to shoot a gun by their
| parents/relatives in the
| case of the Columbine kids.
|
| They were hunters..weren't they?
|
| That is where they learnt to handle guns."
|
| Hunting does teach a person how to handle guns. And, if
| it is the same in the States as it is in Canada, every
| licensed hunter must go through a training and
| licensing program. I suspect it is the same. And, at
| least in Canada, the percentage of hunters who commit
| violent crimes with their fire-arms is astoundingly
| lower than the percentage of non-hunting people who
| commit violent acts with fire-arms. I cannot say this
| is the same for Americans, but I'd bet a donut (or
| muffin) it is.
|
| Being taught how to shoot a gun is not necessarily the
| same as being taught to be violent and disrespectful
| for human life. No more than learning to use a knife at
| the dinner table can be contributed to violent
| stabbings.
|
| As an anecdotal evidence; I know how to handle
| fire-arms of many kinds yet I do not own any and would
| never knowingly take a human life, not even in self
| defense or defense of family.
|
| So, Gel, please don't take this is me coming down hard
| on you. I think you are a great guy. Please simple take
| this as a bit of an education from someone involved in
| the hunting community. The rest of your statement is
| right on the money! You go Gel!
|
| Guy J. McDowell
|
| "In with the love, out with the jive..."
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