"Deeply Filled Mortician" wrote
in message news:60fk235b73bp8qplvje8t9d7cecdk8jqe7@4ax.com...
> Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:07:21 GMT,
> "William Black" has scripted:
>
>>
>>"Deeply Filled Mortician" wrote
>>in message news:b6sj23h12eb076uhud3nstcufaqch7ij7b@4ax.com...
>>> Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:34:56 GMT,
>>> "William Black" has scripted:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Deeply Filled Mortician"
>>>>wrote
>>>>in message news:5rjj23lduh8e6s10r60apon0hru140c2qq@4ax.com...
>>>>> Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:14:10 GMT,
>>>>> "William Black" has scripted:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Hatunen" wrote in message
>>>>>>news:opni23pmam61udvj6r27e619nruf4llfb0@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:37:24 +0100, The Reid
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:58:49 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The world has a lot of loonies in it and the vast majority will
>>>>>>>>>never do anyone any real harm. It would be wrong to lock them up.
>>>>>>>>>The problem is that it's hard to tell ahead of time which few are
>>>>>>>>>truly dangerous.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>but you can say they cant have guns.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And what are the criteria you propose for that denial?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Why do you need a gun?" Is a start.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Because they're really cool" would not be an acceptable answer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Neither would "The people next door are noisy".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Then some basic background checks about mental health and drinking
>>>>>>habits.
>>>>>
>>>>> Drinking habits??? What on earth would that have to do with anything?
>>>>
>>>>As a general rule alcoholics and habitual drunkards are not people you
>>>>want
>>>>to own guns...
>>>
>>> You didn't answer my question! What makes you think drunks are more
>>> likely to be killers/criminals or whatever?
>>
>>They're not.
>>
>>But they do make more mistakes when operating equipment liable to cause
>>significant damage to innocent bystanders.
>
> So do shift workers.
>
> Am I correct in reading you saying that guns kill people, and people
> don't?
Don't quote your bloody slogans at me child.
I've been shooting for well over thirty five years now and been teaching
shooting for twenty five of them.
I know damn well what kills people, it's a system that allows a disturbed
child access to high powered firearms.
So please stop playing your silly word games and try and keep in your mind
that there are kids dead in dozens because the US system can't keep guns out
of the hands of mental patients.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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