[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Hi Jackie,
I agree in principle, but when you have such a disparity between the US
and most other countries with respect to numbers of people who are
injured or killed via gun shots I think it is imperative to look for as
many ways as possible to reduce these numbers. I know one can make the
same analogy with respect to automobiles but this becomes apples and
oranges when one considers the cost/benefit and the need for an
automobile vs the need to own a gun.
Bill
On Sat, 04 Apr 1998 19:02:19 -0600 Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Hi Bill
>
>The one big problem I see with not allowing responsible people to make
>that
>choice is that if you do that, what will be the next thing outlawed.
>Also,
>once it is illegal, then the black market thrives and we start seeing
>many,
>more problems. Also, they wouldn't be licensed--I know our target
>guns are
>so that we are legal when we transport them. Even if outlawed, you
>will
>always find that people will be shot, IMO.
>
>There was an excellent program on today about a new lockup system that
>would
>keep guns away from children, I think. But you have to be a
>responsible
>person and unload, tear down, and lock them up.
>
>jackief
>
>William J. Foristal wrote:
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
>>
>> Hi Jackie,
>>
>> The biggest problem with the gun ownership is the large number of
>people
>> who are irresponsible and shouldn't even own an air rifle. If the
>laws
>> were strengthened to punish irresponsible gun owners and if these
>people
>> went to jail for actions leading to death or injury via one of their
>> guns, then perhaps we'd see some decrease in the deaths and injuries
>> attributed to guns.
>>
>> But even this would cause problems because we've all see the person
>who
>> had been very responsible and safety conscious make that one fatal
>> mistake.
>>
>> A friend of mine was quite lucky. He had bagged a huge buck and was
>so
>> excited that he dragged it to his truck, put his rifle in the case
>and
>> threw it in the back of the truck along side the deer. On the way
>home
>> he hit a bump and the rifle (which he failed to unload) went off.
>The
>> bullet hit something and split into several pieces. He caught a few
>> pieces in the butt. It could have been a lot worse.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>
>
>
>--
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>
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>
>
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