I'm not anti-firearms, but I am anti-hand guns (and to a lesser extent semi-automatic rifles/shotguns). They have one purpose, and one purpose only, to kill people.
Cheers, Dave On 1/10/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I must disagree. An armed victim is more likely to defend > herself than a disarmed victim. To paraphrase a member of the English > House of Lords in the losing battle against the handgun ban in GB. > 'Firearms are used to defend the weak against the strong. To restrict > their use by citizens is to deny them the right to self defense. > Governments may have the power to do that, but should not have the > right.' Apparently the British Government no longer believes in the > Citizens right of self defense. Do you? > > > William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence > > > > > > > >> Hand guns don't cause crime, if that were true once Great Britain banned > >> all hand guns, (and made shotgun ownership much more difficult), violent > >> crime would have been eliminated, in fact it increased, (violent crime > >> rates in England are now higher than in the US). I doubt that smuggling > >> firearms is the cause of violent crime in Canada, it's a symptom of > >> something else. > >> > > > > Straw man argument, Peter. > > Gun crimes are more likely to end up with the victim being more seriously > > hurt or dead than other types of weapons crimes, and can be used at range > > where the victim has less chance of self defence. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > > The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. > -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
