> It's not the guns, it's their owners. Americans use > their guns to kill people with because they're > Americans and that's just what Americans DO.
The perpetrator in this case was not an American. He was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon as I was made aware of this incident. Examine his culture. --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], > "george_deforest" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > America's gun control laws criticized abroad > > > > 17 April 2007 - The shooting of 32 students at a > US university > > campus, Virginia Tech, sparked criticism of US gun > control laws > > around the world Tuesday. Editorials lashed out at > the availability > > of weapons, and the leader of Australia--one of > America's closest > > allies--declared that America's gun culture was > costing lives ... > > > > continues at: > > > http://globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=117683948813516268 > > Typical TM see-what-we-want-to-see-ness. It's clear > that whoever wrote "While some focused blame only > on the gunman, world opinion over U.S. gun laws was > almost unanimous: Access to weapons increases the > probability of shootings" has ever seen Michael > Moore's > "Bowling For Columbine." In that film he makes the > point that Canada has almost exactly the *same* > percentage of gun ownership per population as the > US, > but does *not* have anything even *close* to > America's > problems with gun-related violence. > > It's not the guns, it's their owners. Americans use > their guns to kill people with because they're > Americans and that's just what Americans DO. If they > didn't have access to guns they'd use knives and if > they didn't have access to knives they'd use sticks > and clubs and their own fists. > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
