--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 09:20 am, Jan Coffey wrote:
> >
> > The simple truth is that without conceled carry, the only ones with
> > guns are
> > the criminals. The power of leathal force is in the hands alone of the
> > very
> > people we would prefer did not have that power. With conceled carry
> > there is
> > a balance of this power. In fact i would argue that there is a greater
> > power
> > in the hands of the law abiding citizen specificaly becouse the
> > criminal
> > would never know who was carying and who was not. Everyone might be a
> > hard
> > target. This is a logical argument for which there are no statistics.
> > If you
> > disagree it is your responsability to show that this argument is
> > wrong, or
> > show how it is not logical.
>
> Because criminal is a type of act and not a type of person? And if you
> arm everybody, more otherwise 'law abiding citizens' can potentially
> perform criminal acts with guns. Due to road rage, or finding the
> spouse in bed with the maid or whatever...
Sorry criminal IS a type of person.
Law abiding itizens don't commit crimes, so you don't have to wory about them
using a gun to do something they were not going to do anyway.
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