[RR] Bowling for Colombine

[ranger1108]

More people are killed and injured in automobile accidents than with guns.  Why don't we start at the top.  Over here is the U.S. I believe all states have laws that say you must wear your seat belt yet motorcyclists do NOT have to wear helmets in all states.  I would think I have a better chance of surviving an accident without my seat belt in my Suburban than without a helmet on a motorcycle.  Not everything makes sense.  We do believe in the freedom to choose and if we start giving our freedoms away, where will it stop?   You do not say how many of those "guns" were legal, registered weapons and which of them were not.  There is a difference.  What we are concerned about here too much is the rights of criminals.  They seem to have more rights than their victims. Keith ----- 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?