Must have been Rosie O'Donnell's mail server it bounced from ;-)
At 11:27 AM 11/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>oops sorry for the double post thought it bounced back from my smtp server
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:50 AM
>Subject: Fw: 40 Reasons For Gun Control
>
>
> > 40 Reasons For Gun Control
> >
> >
> > 40 Reasons For Gun Control
> > 1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, & Chicago cops need
>guns.
> >
> > 2. Washington DC's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict gun
>control, and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is due to the
>lack of gun control.
> >
> > 3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but statistics
>showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just statistics."
> >
> > 4. The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into
>effect in 1994 are responsible for the decrease in violent crime rates,
>which have been declining since 1991.
> >
> > 5. We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a shooting
>spree at any time and anyone who would own a gun out of fear of such a
>lunatic is paranoid.
> >
> > 6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.
> >
> > 7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if
>shot with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.
> >
> > 8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a
>smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.
> >
> > 9. When confronted by violent criminals, you should "put up no defense --
>give them what they want, or run" (Handgun Control Inc. Chairman Pete
>Shields, Guns Don't Die - People Do, 1981, p.125).
> >
> > 10. The New England Journal of Medicine is filled with expert advice about
>guns; just like Guns & Ammo has some excellent treatises on heart surgery.
> >
> > 11. One should consult an automotive engineer for safer seatbelts, a civil
>engineer for a better bridge, a surgeon for internal medicine, a computer
>programmer for hard drive problems, and Sarah Brady for firearms expertise.
> >
> > 12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard,
>which was created 130 years later, in 1917.
> >
> > 13. The National Guard, federally funded, with bases on federal land,
>using federally-owned weapons, vehicles, buildings and uniforms, punishing
>trespassers under federal law, is a "state" militia.
> >
> > 14. These phrases: "right of the people peaceably to assemble," "right of
>the people to be secure in their homes," "enumerations herein of certain
>rights shall not be construed to disparage others retained by the people,"
>and "The powers not delegated herein are reserved to the states
>respectively, and to the people" all refer to individuals, but "the right of
>the people to keep and bear arm" refers to the state.
> >
> > 15. "The Constitution is strong and will never change." But we should ban
>and seize all guns thereby violating the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendments to
>that Constitution.
> >
> > 16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national defense! Of course,
>the army has hundreds of thousands of them.
> >
> > 17. Private citizens shouldn't have handguns, because they aren't
>"military weapons", but private citizens shouldn't have "assault rifles",
>because they are military weapons.
> >
> > 18. In spite of waiting periods, background checks, finger printing,
>government forms, etc., guns today are too readily available, which is
>responsible for recent school shootings. In the 1940's, 1950's and1960's,
>anyone could buy guns at hardware stores, army surplus stores, gas stations,
>variety stores, Sears mail order, no waiting, no background check, no
>fingerprints, no government forms and there were no school shootings.
> >
> > 19. The NRA's attempt to run a "don't touch" campaign about kids handling
>guns is propaganda, but the anti-gun lobby's attempt to run a "don't touch"
>campaign is responsible social activity.
> >
> > 20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them
>properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.
> >
> > 21. A handgun, with up to 4 controls, is far too complex for the typical
>adult to learn to use, as opposed to an automobile that only has 20.
> >
> > 22. Women are just as intelligent and capable as men but a woman with a
>gun is "an accident waiting to happen" and gun makers' advertisements aimed
>at women are "preying on their fears."
> >
> > 23. Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering
>butchers but revert to normal when the weapon is removed.
> >
> > 24. Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings at
>gun shows.
> >
> > 25. A majority of the population supports gun control, just like a
>majority of the population supported owning slaves.
> >
> > 26. Any self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered to be a
>"weapon of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon."
> >
> > 27. Most people can't be trusted, so we should have laws against guns,
>which most people will abide by because they can be trusted.
> >
> > 28. The right of Internet pornographers to exist cannot be questioned
>because it is constitutionally protected by the Bill of Rights, but the use
>of handguns for self defense is not really protected by the Bill of Rights.
> >
> > 29. Free speech entitles one to own newspapers, transmitters, computers,
>and typewriters, but self-defense only justifies bare hands.
> >
> > 30. The ACLU is good because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts of
>the Constitution, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other parts of the
>Constitution.
> >
> > 31. Charlton Heston, a movie actor as president of the NRA is a cheap
>lunatic who should be ignored, but Michael Douglas, a movie actor as a
>representative of Handgun Control, Inc. is an ambassador for peace who is
>entitled to an audience at the UN arms control summit.
> >
> > 32. Police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need
>larger capacity pistol magazines than do "civilians" who must face criminals
>alone and therefore need less ammunition.
> >
> > 33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials" and other inexpensive guns
>because it's not fair that poor people have access to guns too.
> >
> > 34. Police officers have some special Jedi-like mastery over hand guns
>that private citizens can never hope to obtain.
> >
> > 35. Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the
>police are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court says the
>police are not responsible for their protection.
> >
> > 36. Citizens don't need to carry a gun for personal protection but police
>chiefs, who are desk-bound administrators who work in a building filled with
>cops, need a gun.
> >
> > 37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers of
>people. The police need assault weapons. You do not.
> >
> > 38. When Microsoft pressures its distributors to give Microsoft
>preferential promotion, that's bad; but when the Federal government
>pressures cities to buy guns only from Smith & Wesson, that's good.
> >
> > 39. Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for
>defensive purposes, which is why you see police officers with one on their
>duty weapon.
> >
> > 40. Handgun Control, Inc. says they want to "keep guns out of the wrong
>hands." Guess what? You have the wrong hands.
> >
> > Bill Wheatley
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