John,
I'll agree with you there. The great thing about this list and this country
is that we have the right to disagree with each other. Just because I
disagree with you doesn't mean that I don't respect your point of view :)
-george
>From: "John Wilker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 10:41:28 -0700
>
>As much fun as it is to argue the points back and forth, I agree with the
>list, this thread has gone on long enough. Both sides, I think will have to
>agree to disagree, both have many valid points I think, and obviously are
>very impassioned about this topic, but neither side really stands a chance
>of convincing the other of their wrong-ness :-)
>
>J.
>
>John Wilker
>Web Applications Consultant
>Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer
>
>www.red-omega.com <http://www.red-omega.com>
>
>"Losing - If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style."
>~despair.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: George Kaytor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:43 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
>
>
>Well, what it would mean is that there IS NOT a direct correlation between
>the availablity of firearms and violence. It was suggested before that the
>availability of firearms directly correlated into a higher violence ratio.
>Looking at the Soviet Union and at Switzerland, we see that this is just
>not
>the case.
>
>-george
>
>
> >From: "John Wilker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
> >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:10:42 -0700
> >
> >I'm sure that the violence in Russia had nothing to do with the fact that
> >people were probably killing for bread, Doesn't sound like a highly
> >scientific analysis.
> >
> >J.
> >
> >John Wilker
> >Web Applications Consultant
> >Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer
> >
> >www.red-omega.com <http://www.red-omega.com>
> >
> >"Losing - If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style."
> >~despair.com
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: George Kaytor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 7:58 AM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
> >
> >
> >Not to beat a dead horse, but my local paper actually had an interesting
> >article entitle debunking the gun control myth. It brought some very
> >interesting points that refute the claims of gun control advocates.
> >
> >Claim #1) Gun Control reduces violent crime / behaviour.
> >
> >Refutes: Switzerland has almost universal gun ownership, teenagers are
> >highly encouraged to practice target shooting, and Switzerland has one of
> >the lowest violent crime rates in the world. On the other hand, In the
> >eighties it was nearly impossible for a soviet citizen to get any type of
> >firearm, yet the Soviet Union had one of the highest violent crime rates
> >(higher then even the US).
> >
> >There were a ton more, but I probably ticked enough people off by just
> >listing one :)
> >
> >-george
> >
> >
> > >From: "Russel Madere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
> > >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:03:52 -0500
> > >
> > >But the intent was there. Until we learn how to control the intent and
> >the
> > >rage, nothing will stop us from killing each other. We sure didn't
>need
> > >guns to do that 2000 years ago.
> > >
> > >As a case in point, there are places in Panama that I could go and get
> >any
> > >military weapon I wanted, not that I would. These could then be
>smuggled
> > >into the country with cocaine, we are diung such a winderful job of
> > >stopping
> > >it, and I just bypassed any gun control law.
> > >
> > >Any crime commited with these weapons would not be solved with the help
> >of
> > >any registration program or stopped by any laws preventing the sale of
> >any
> > >firearm.
> > >
> > >If you think that is a far fetched idea, ask yourself how criminals are
> > >getting military grade weapons manufactured after the import of them
>was
> > >banned.
> > >
> > >============================================================
> > > Russel Madere, Jr. Senior Web Developer
> > > ICQ: 5446158 http://www.TurboSquid.com
> > >
> > >Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.
> > >============================================================
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Daniel Lancelot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:15
> > > > To: CF-Community
> > > > Subject: RE: Will gun control work?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > difference - no-one was killed - if he had had a gun???
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: 07 May 2001 21:49
> > > > To: CF-Community
> > > > Subject: Will gun control work?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't think so.
> > > >
> > > > Read this article....
> > > >
> > > > http://dailynews.netscape.com/mynsnews/story.tmpl?table=n&cat=5118
> > > > 0&id=20010
> > > > 5071400000118421
> > > > ============================================================
> > > > Russel Madere, Jr. Senior Web Developer
> > > > ICQ: 5446158 http://www.TurboSquid.com
> > > >
> > > > Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you.
> > > > ============================================================
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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