>From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence >Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:58:35 -0500 > >On 1/10/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > >As pro-gun-control as I am, if I lived on a farm in the middle of >nowhere, a place so isolated that it would take the police hours to >get there (such places surely exist in Canada, and in the US as well), >I'd certainly have a firearm in the house. Not just to protect from >intruders, but from animals as well. I might never have to use it, >but it would be nice to have. > >cheers, >frank >
I've lived seven years in the 'boonies', 22 miles from town, nearest neighbor a 5 minute walk. Not remote in my mind, but definitely way out in others' minds. I've threatened a bear once with my Mighty Mag flashlight and know that there are mountain lions and an occasional wolf prowling close by. I suppose I could come across a time when I wish I might have one, but so far common sense and two dogs are enough. To my way of thinking, I'd feel far more threatened by the most dangerous predator on the planet, man, especially when found in high concentration. I'm sure statistics bear this out. The damage done by firearms surely outweighs the good that has come about by them, in any case. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
