On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that a little common sense needs to be applied. Obvously, I woudl > say we could draw the line qite a bit before nuclear weapons and most likely > before rocket launchers.
I agree, but common sense can be a little difficult to come by in discussions of Americans and guns. I would say that common sense dictates that people shouldn't have assault rifles in the home. I do understand the argument for having one during an invasion of the country or overwhelming disturbance in the country that causes public safety to be totally absent. But in those situations, I'd want to have mortars and rocket launchers too. > Bottom line, even if we banned all guns, all it would do is stop the legal > purchase of guns. They would still be available throiugh illegal channels, > and in which case, we are fucked. > > And, even if we could find a way to get rid of all firearms, humans would > find other ways to kill each other. I don't think we should ban all guns. I like guns. And I agree that people will find ways to kill each other no matter what. But I also know that we have a gun violence problem in the United States and that we need to do something about it. Banning guns isn't the answer, but yeah, we need some common sense approaches to teh problem. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279771 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
