Re: [MBZ] OT: FYI - Oz gun laws

2013-12-17 Thread Jim Cathey
SOLUTION: It should be illegal for Democrats to own guns." _Exactly_! And to accomplish that, you can't have one either. Or so seems the rationale. Some of the more rabid AGD's I've spoken with seem to believe the mere presence of the things will make them go on a rampage, and so they sho

Re: [MBZ] OT: FYI - Oz gun laws and the US

2013-12-16 Thread Gary Hurst
if you want to end gun violence, end the war on drugs. everyone knows this. the rest is just sham and posturing the other thing is that everyone always focuses on the mad random act of violence, which is exactly the wrong place to be focusing. On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Scott Ritchey wr

Re: [MBZ] OT: FYI - Oz gun laws and the US

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Ritchey
A little perspective: There are about 30K gun deaths annually in the US, roughly the same as the number of automobile deaths. But about 20K of these gun deaths are suicides. So roughly 10K of the annual gun deaths are accidents or unjustified homicides. Source: http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearm