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- From: me@vax.somewhere.else (seth@mivax.mc.duke.edu)
- Newsgroups: triangle.politics
- Subject: Re: Gun Control
- Summary: Execution!
- Message-ID: <17NOV199215044857@mivax.mc.duke.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 20:04:00 GMT
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- In article <Bxv7sv.CG6@unx.sas.com>, sasjzp@stjohn.unx.sas.com (John Asa Price) writes...
- >While we are at it, why don't we see to it that other dangerous
- >weapons have tighter controls. For example, knives are a
- >significant weapon of choice in domestic and drug-related violence.
- >Perhaps there should be a bill introduced which controls private
- >ownership of knives...
-
- >Of course the NKA will probably come out with another catchy
- >phrase like "Knives don't kill, people do." and raise sickening
- >amounts of money and kill the whole thing.
-
- Hey, it's not the whole knife but just the blade that kills. Don't blame
- the handle..."Guns don't kill, bullets do."
-
- >Also, it seems I have heard of an unusual number of deaths caused
- >by someone being struck repeatedly with large blunt objects such
- >as baseball bats. Perhaps we should restrict these as well...
-
- I know an employee with the CDC who supported the 55 mph speed limit
- because it saved lives. Why not drop it to 45? 35?
-
- If you are really concerned about saving lives (auto accidents are one of
- the top causes of death), stop whining about guns and start outlawing
- cars!
-
- On another thread...
- When cars first came out, they were hailed as solutions to pollution
- because cities were full of horse excrement. Then we discovered air
- pollution.
-
- Can gov't protect the individual from himself?
-
- Does the end justify the means?
-
- How many lives must be saved to justify taking away someone's freedom?
-
- Is there another way to solve the gun "problem" without gov't regulation?
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- "The quickest way to a man's heart is with a bullet."
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