[Crazy Canuck]

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for those that wounder why:
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/features...ting/index.html

my wife works 1 street corner away, and sometimes goes for lunch there... that day, she didn't... Thank God !

[2000Z-71]

A firearm is an inanimate object, a tool, nothing more and nothing less. To blame them as the cause or murder and violence is the simple solution that ignores the real problem and does nothing to change the situation.

Gun control is the belief that a 115lb. woman can defend herself against a 215lb. attacker intent on causing her harm. A firearm in that situation is an equalizer.

To claim that banning certain types of firearms would make for a safer society is a huge misconception. To use that same logic if we all drove 3 cylinder 45 horsepower hatchbacks, there would be no traffic fatalities, accidents, DUI's etc.

I have a real problem with somebody telling me that I should devalue my personal safety and that of my family because firearms make them nervous.

[marka]

Howdy,

A firearm is an inanimate object, a tool, nothing more and nothing less. To blame them as the cause or murder and violence is the simple solution that ignores the real problem and does nothing to change the situation.

Nobody is blaming anyone other than the person pulling the trigger. The disagreement here comes with where you draw the line on things that make it easy to kill people.

Bombs and their important parts are illegal for regular folks to buy. Presumably you don't have a problem with that.

Military weapons (in general) are illegal for regular folks to buy. Presumably you don't have a problem with that either.

I personally wouldn't mind seeing it also be illegal for regular folks to own handguns or shotguns/rifles with more than a three shot capacity. Its quite clear you _do_ have a problem with that.

Its all where you decide you want to draw the line. We differ on that, nothing more.

Gun control is the belief that a 115lb. woman can defend herself against a 215lb. attacker intent on causing her harm. A firearm in that situation is an equalizer.

You'll note throughout this discussion that folks haven't tried to restate the argument of the pro-gun folks into something it isn't. Perhaps you could offer the same curtesy.

I have a real problem with somebody telling me that I should devalue my personal safety and that of my family because firearms make them nervous.

And I have a real problem with someone that requires a gun to feel safe in normal society.

Mark