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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (18848)	5/14/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Guns are just the latest Democratic Party mainstream media scare mongering issue sent out in order to limit our freedom, and give more control to the omnipotent central government which they love. I mean really, do you lay awake at night or have a passing fear of guns inflicting your children? I sure don't. Of course, I've never owned a gun and never felt the need to own one. But if I ever did, I would like the freedom to go and purchase one. When I do have a passing worry about my kids it normally centers around abduction, or child molestation, or getting involved in a car accident. Not whether they will get shot with a gun. If the 50 or 100 thousand moms marching today really wanted to have a positive impact on gun safety, they would be holding signs saying, "Let's enforce current laws on the books regarding the illegal use of guns, and get rid of liberal politicians and judges who have been soft on crime for decades". Passing more laws which are not enforced is TOTALLY meaningless! But it plays into the politics of fear Democrats have honed for decades into a science. Michael

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (18848)	5/14/2000 2:20:00 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

LRR, As Queen Victoria would say; "We are not amused!" I know accidents happen but, any accident has the element of human, or equipment, error. It may be, inadvertent, that an adult is remiss in placing a gun in a safe place, or inoperable condition, but it is still a lapse in a very important responsibility. In such a case, the death of the child is a punishment far greater than any court of law could conceive. Keeping the "unfit" from owning guns, is the hardest nut of all to crack. It's easy to prevent a convicted felon ex-con from getting a permit but, what such person is going to go through legal channels to get the gun in the first place?? I don't see how any one can determine if a "regular" looking person, with no record is going to blow his top and go on a killing spree. Not all people whose appearance does not fit "society's" mold, are bad eggs. One thing that I would fight, with whatever means I have, is the concept of having guns ONLY in police and military hands. That is the beginning of a police state and, under the wrong leader, becomes a dictatorship. I agree that education, and more education, is the key. The "powers that be" must become convinced that guns, no more than any machine, is not, by existence, evil or dangerous. Gun handling and safety is not a hard thing to accomplish if the stigma is removed. Well educated gun owners, and handlers, will be a great step in reducing, if not eliminating the accidental deaths but, IMO only strict, and severe, punishment for any crime in which a gun is used, can be any sort of deterrent. And, that won't help a lot unless the punishment is strong enough to create fear of repetition in the heart, and mind, of the perpetrator. That may sound harsh but, I care about the victims, and have no pity for the criminals. Leniency begats repetition. ~H~