Guns kill just like nuclear weapons kill. In fact guns have killed more people than nuclear weapons... so far.
In retrospect, *probably* both inventions were a bad idea. They have both led to untold injury, death, and suffering. Their purpose is largely, to kill, unlike other inventions which may endanger life. Am I anti-gun? No. Just making a point. Sure this is simplistic, but the truth often is. Tom C. >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence >Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:35:12 -0500 > >Sorry, I must disagree. An armed victim is more likely to defend >herself than a disarmed victim. To paraphrase a member of the English >House of Lords in the losing battle against the handgun ban in GB. >'Firearms are used to defend the weak against the strong. To restrict >their use by citizens is to deny them the right to self defense. >Governments may have the power to do that, but should not have the >right.' Apparently the British Government no longer believes in the >Citizens right of self defense. Do you? > > >William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence > > > > > > > >> Hand guns don't cause crime, if that were true once Great Britain >banned > >> all hand guns, (and made shotgun ownership much more difficult), >violent > >> crime would have been eliminated, in fact it increased, (violent crime > >> rates in England are now higher than in the US). I doubt that >smuggling > >> firearms is the cause of violent crime in Canada, it's a symptom of > >> something else. > >> > > > > Straw man argument, Peter. > > Gun crimes are more likely to end up with the victim being more >seriously > > hurt or dead than other types of weapons crimes, and can be used at >range > > where the victim has less chance of self defence. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > >-- >-- > >The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. > -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
