Pete, Then following on that argument we should all go out and buy f*ck off big rocket propelled grenade launchers and we'd all be completely safe in our homes. Dominic is perfectly correct in his statement regarding the absence of guns being safer.
How the hell can you (your country) hold that very opinion and in the same breath decry Iran, Koea or any other country for wanting nuclear weapons. After all they are only doing it to "protect themselves" aren't they? Exactly your argument QED. How hipocritical. In other words "it's OK for us to have them....but nobody else". Utter bullsh*t. Holding "offensive" arms merely incites other people to be better "tooled up" as per all the gang warfare in your country as in the UK. I agree with the sentiment that "guns never kill people...people kill people" but if you take away the guns then they can't be used. You can't have it both ways. Dave Crozier "A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match" - Bill Bryson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of petetheisen Sent: 22 June 2006 09:59 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Once again a gun saves a life Dominic Burford wrote: > << Because the criminal will always have the gun and only the > law-abiding would turn their's in. > > That is not the point you were making. You posted a link to an > article which you indicated described how a gun saved a life. The > story describes how a burglar is killed by the home owner. So your > gun hasn't really saved a life has it? It has resulted in the death > of a burglar (which I am sure some may argue is a good thing), but > that is *not* the point you were making. The point you were making > was that a gun saved a life, which it has not. Hi Dominic! Every lawfully owned gun has saved many lives, and will continue to save more lives, usually by deterrence. Every burglar is a murder waiting to happen, the sooner each burglar is killed, or scared straight, the better. It would be nice if the police would kill them at the station house and save the homeowners the trouble but we can thank the idiot left for that. There was an estimate printed a while ago in the local dead-tree paper about how many crimes each criminal commits prior to being returned to prison. I forget the exact figure but it was staggering. With the drug habits, the prices of stolen goods and the cost of illegal drugs - the burglar has to hit many victims each day, each one in peril of his/her life. If someone is home when the burglar strikes that person is simply another unexplained dead body in the morgue. Killing burglars is as essential as killing dangerous wildlife - bears, wolves, snakes in your home - you get them or they get you, it is just that simple. Yes, the gun saved a life, and many more lives. Regards, Pete [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
