Re: [RR] Bowling for Colombine

[Commander Pier]

What's missing from your statement is the number of crimes prevented by the lawful possession of guns. ----- Original Message ----- From: Victor Zalakos To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [RR] Bowling for Colombine This continues to trouble me. Perhaps you can explain to a foreigner... Why is it that American Christians, will in the same breath, advocate the hoarding of guns and ammunition in the family home, yet stand back and watch as Christ is removed from every fabric of their society - and then vilify someone who stands up and asks "Why are we doing this?" ? Is it only folk from outside your country who can see the correlation between the massive numbers of homocides by shooting and the worship of guns? How can you keep a gun in a suburban home when having a gun in the home makes it nearly three times more likely that you or someone you care about will be murdered by a family member or intimate partner. (Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home, Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH; Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH; et al, The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 329, No. 15, October 7, 1993, pp. 1084-1091.) Are you aware that nearly 30,000 homicides were firearm related in 2000 in the USA? And that there were almost 120,000 non-fatal firearm assults in the same year? What's the deal?