Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:43:28 GMT,
"William Black" has scripted:
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>"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.
Woohoo, I hit a nerve!
>I've been shooting for well over thirty five years now and been teaching
>shooting for twenty five of them.
And I too have a good knowledge of guns, but am evidently a lot
younger than you.
>I know damn well what kills people, it's a system that allows a disturbed
>child access to high powered firearms.
A society flooded with guns will result in any nutcase being able to
get hold of one. If that's your argument, I might just agree.
>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.
I don't think anything written here will change that.
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