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- From: jkapson@ad-29.Naitc.Com (John Kapson)
- Subject: Re: Registering "Assault Keys"
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 20:56:20 GMT
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- In article <1dp5mpINNfat@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes:
- >
- >Yes and controlling peoples ability to commit violent acts is part of
- >the solution- not all of it, part of it.
- >Many of the guns used in crimes are stolen- stolen from all those law
- >abiding citizens who never use them. And if there are more available to
- >steal they are easier to steal.
-
- Here in Chicago about six weeks ago, a Cook County Sheriff's Deputy was
- charged with selling weapons illegally to gang members.
- "Who will watch the guardians?"
-
- >> If you simply don't like handguns, fine. Don't own one.
- >
- >I don't know about the original poster but I don't like them in your, or
- >other peoples hands. Like you I feel that I am infinitely responsible
- >and would never never misuse any gun I owned Unfortunately I do not
- >have the same confidence in you, or others , and am willing to give up
- >my utterly responsile freedom in order to help protect me from other's
- >irresponsibility.
-
- I don't have confidence in _your_ ability to drive a car without
- endangering my life. Please call the DMV right now and have your
- license revoked. Similarly, I don't think you can be trusted with
- knives. Please dispose of all your kitchen equipment. Etc., etc.,
- ad nauseum.
-
- >> If you feel that they are just too dangerous for people to own, consider the
- >> numbers - there are about 200 million handguns in the US, and about 12000
- >> firearms homicides per year, and 1400 accidental firarms deaths. That makes
- >> firearms safer than automobiles.
- >>
- > Uh, hardly. divide the number of deaths by the number of times they
- >are used, not by the number. There are "billions" of molecules of cyanide
- >in the universe. That does not make them any the less dangerous when
- >used.
-
- Fine. I have used my guns well over 100,000 times, but I have yet
- to kill _anyone_ with them. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
-
- John Kapson NRA ILA
-