----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 3:01 PM Subject: RE: Gun Company Must Pay Teacher's Widow
> > > You could say that a gun obtained legally is simply a gun > > waiting to > > > be stolen and used illegally... > > > > > > > You could say that....but still more gun control on law > > abiding citizens will not stop the illegal aquisition of firearms. > > Since we've yet to try it seems stubborn to claim that. So by tacking on more laws that criminals pay no attention to, we are going to stop them from getting guns? Ok. > > > > Sounds fishy to me. > > > > Anything sounds fish to a leftist gun control advocate except > > more gun control. > > Thanks for the label. But I think that I'll refuse it. If the shoe fits... > > > > Could it be possible, just maybe, that fewer guns in general would > > > mean fewer illegal guns as well? > > > > Yes, of course, that is the case with anything. > > > > > > I'm not even saying "no guns". But at this stage we're producing > > > nearly four million new guns a year (let's not even get started on > > > ammo). > > > > It's called capitalism. If the markets demand it they will > > get built. What's wrong with ammo? > > You mean besides the fact that ammo is the little bit that actually > tears flesh and such? If it is aimed at a human yes, it also kills animals, destroys clay pidgeons, hits targets, etc. > > > > You don't think that just might be over-doing a little bit? > > Perhaps, > > > just perhaps a law, well forget that, how about a "suggestion" that > > > you don't own more guns than you can carry at one time? How about > > > that? > > > > Well let's see....as a sportsmen there are different type of > > seasons...deer you can use a rifle in Michigan and only a > > shotgun in Indiana. There are different classes of pistol > > competition. So why limit people in what they can compete > > in. Why are you worried about restricting what law abiding > > But the main point is that many people do not have guns for the reasons > often suggested (defense and such) - they have them for full scale, > drawn out combat. I don't know anyone that has guns for "full scale drawn out combat" Everyone I know has them for either hunting, their job, or personal protection. If you and your family were at home late at night and someone broke into your home and had a gun. What would you do? Call the police and hide in a closet? Hope they don't find you? Not me. As soon as that person hears the shotgun rack, he is either going to run or walk to where the sound came from and I guarantee the next sound he hears would be the last. > > You claim different, legitimate uses. Fine. So what's the line? There > are people (many people) with hundreds of guns and thousands if not tens > of thousands rounds of ammo. There is no line, it's their right to have them too. Most people that have that many guns are collectors. You see that with anything, I mean look at people that have hundreds of cars, or baseball cards, or toys, or whatever. > > If you're buying a gunfor defense of home and body then do you really > need more ammo than the gun can hold at one time? What defensive > emergecy would require more than one clip? Any number of things, a rabid dog, there could be more than one. More than one person breaking in. If gun control advocates wouldn't have knocked the number of bullets allowed in a clip down, then I might agree with you. My 9MM only holds 12, used to hold 18. My .22 only holds 10. And you can't just go and buy 10 bullets usually. I can only buy boxes of 20 for my .22. > > If you're sportsman then why maintain ammo in the house at all? Leave > the guns empty until you go out and then buy what you need on the way. > Hunting (well, it does depend on what you're huting), for example > (unless you're a drunk hunter) generally requires very little > ammunition. That's pointless. Why would you do that. You don't go to the supermarket to buy food the day you are going to eat it do you? Ammo ain't cheap and I like to buy as much as possible when it's on sale. > > > citizens can own. I don't do any harm with my guns. Why not > > spend more effort in getting all the illegal guns off the > > streets and out of the hands of criminals. > > Since there's evidence that shows many (perhaps even most) illegal guns > on the street are stolen from private residences... Well, I think that > you can see where I'm going... I've looked around and can't find numbers that support your "evidence" so I would like to see what you have. Most of the information I found stated that most illegal guns wereinvolved gun trafficking, with stolen guns from private residences being on small component. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
