I could say, and your point? However in at least one case that's not true. The .44 magnum was touted as a last chance weapon for bear hunters. I'm not sure that I'd be much comforted but hey, if you're going to hunt bears I guess any thing is better than nothing.
David Savage wrote: > 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 >> >> > > -- -- 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
