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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (132997)3/23/2001 1:10:49 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
The cold hard REALITY is that, without access to guns, MANY FEWER PEOPLE WOULD BE KILLED VIOLENTLY.
The cold hard REALITY is that, without access to automobiles, MANY FEWER PEOPLE WOULD BE KILLED VIOLENTLY. One general (I don't remember who) called them "the most dangerous weapon ever put into the hands of a civilian population."
There is a price to be paid for everything. For cars, it's 50,000 deaths a year- -most than the totals from most American wars.
There is a purpose in having cars, though. And there was a purpose behind that 2nd Amendment. It was the prevention of tyranny. Go read Jefferson's thoughts on the matter. He thought periodic revolutions would be necessary to prevent it. Things haven't been that bad. OTOH, if people insist on eleceting clowns like Slick, I think we'd better hang onto the guns.
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