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To: c.horn who wrote (2)	9/19/1999 9:46:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 40

So true, after all it's all part of a "VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY" anyway? Michael

To: c.horn who wrote (2)	9/19/1999 10:12:00 AM
From: username	Respond to of 40

You neglected to mention one corollary. Blow jobs don't count.

To: c.horn who wrote (2)	9/19/1999 10:15:00 AM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 40

Hey, not a worthless one! A good topic for discussion. I agree with what you say - except, since I am afraid of guns (or more correctly, some emotional nuts who possess them), I would like strict background checks to remain in place. But the liberals, I couldn't agree more, blame the wrong ones, every time. Edit: forgot to include my opinion that proper education is necessary. So many leave their guns lying around where innocent children can get them.

To: c.horn who wrote (2)	9/19/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 40

Blaming inanimate objects like guns ....... Clinton Blames Guns for Violence By Lawrence L. Knutson Associated Press Writer Saturday, September 18, 1999; 11:49 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Saying that the repeated mass murders of innocent Americans has been the most painful thing he has had to face in office, President Clinton on Saturday said the easy availability of guns bears as much or more responsibility as does human evil. Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, addressing the annual dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that some have attempted to minimize the role of firearms in tragedies such as the murders Wednesday night of seven people in a church in Fort Worth, Texas and the suicide of the alleged gunman. ''Of course something horrible happened to that man's heart when he walked into that church in Texas. But we cannot use that as an excuse,'' Clinton said. He asserted that the solution is a sharing of responsibility and a refusal to duck facts, not a search for scapegoats or an attempt to blame all gun murders simply on human evil. ''The NRA (National Rifle Association) and that crowd has got to stop using arguments like this to avoid facing our shared responsibility,'' the president said. He said tragedies such as this year's spate of school shootings and the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City has made the search for answers imperative. ''I think the killing of innocent people en masse in America has been the most painful thing that (the vice president ) and I and our families have had to endure in discharging our duties for America,'' Clinton said. He called on the country '' to make this election year about assuming responsibility, not ducking it.'' In their back-to-back speeches, Gore raised the issue first. ''Too many hearts have been broken,'' he said, adding that some have tried to explain the killings ''by saying a sudden wave of evil has swept the county .'' ''My religious tradition says evil has always been with us and we need to meet evil with good,'' the vice president said. He said it is clear there is a pressing national need to get guns out of the hands of people who should not have them. ''We have to act and not just talk,'' Gore said. ''We want to move our feet and lift our hands and work together.'' JLA