Kelvin
In the UK, incidents similar to Columbine (e.g. the Dunblane
massacre) were carried out by people who owned a gun
legitimately. Criminals seem to be more discriminating in how and
when they use firearms.
BoW.
On 17 May 00, at 22:22, Commander Pier wrote:
> From: The larrikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I'm not having a go at you Allen, I'm just showing that Guncontrol
> > does
> work.
>
> Yes, it would work if ALL guns were destroyed. However, in these
> United States, the Second Amendment was put in as No. 2 as a check on
> a tyrannical government. If the citizenry in 1775 did have their own
> firearms, there would have been no USA. After taking power in Russia,
> Lenin asked the Cheka (the predecessor of the KGB) to use a large
> electromagnet and go door-to-door to see if the people had hidden
> caches of weapons. Now why would he not want the people to be armed?
>
> As a local talk show host says here in Pittsburgh, "the Second
> Amendment is the reset button on the Constitution."
>
> The issue is not the gun, but the person. Without a moral compass, no
> amount of laws or no amount of police/judges/courts will be sufficient
> to keep the peace.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Kelvin
> OP 34
>
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