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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (134088)	3/5/2001 7:35:01 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573365

Ten, In England people don't get shot for the simple reason that they don't have guns. There aren't very many people willing to kill someone else with a knife, but a gun provides an easy, disconnected way to take someone else's life. Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (134088)	3/5/2001 7:51:06 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Respond to of 1573365

Tenchusatsu, I'm not blaming the NRA for anything. But they will once again be on the defensive as they continue to emphasize rights over responsibilities. Of course they will, because some idiot will claim guns are evil, no one needs one, etc., etc. completely avoiding the issue of why after years and years of handguns sales, have kids decided in the last few years it's just fine to bring a gun to school and shoot people. California is specifically at issue here, as that state has enacted all kinds of gun controls. Whatever his choice of weapon, the fact remains this kid thought it just fine to kill people. What the hell has happened with youth that this type of thinking even exists? I enjoy guns, collecting and shooting - damned if this doesn't piss me off. I never heard of a kid bringing a gun to school when I was doing my time - a "bong" sure and perhaps a knife, guns never. PS: NRA life member, if you hadn't guessed.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (134088)	3/5/2001 8:09:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573365

Ten, Bush's response is pathetic, as usual. "Son, don't shoot people. That is a bad thing to do." "Gosh dad, why didn't you ever tell us that before?" Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (134088)	3/5/2001 10:11:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573365

Bush is right; America indeed has a deficit in moral values, and ignoring that deficit in the name of relativism or so-called "open-mindedness" is only going to let that deficit grow even worse. Tenchusatsu, That's utter and complete crap. Sorry but this harassment of smaller, less popular kids did not start in the last ten years....it has been a common theme in our movies for at least 50 years. There are the cool kids and the jocks and their groups, and then there are the lesser kids who are the geeks and may or may not have friends. And they can be embarrassed and harassed unmercifully. I know because some of my high school fraternity bros. were the perpeptrators. Do those guys who do the harassing deserve to die for their crime...no, of course not. But this BS should not be permitted at all. However, too many teachers and too many parents turn their back on the problem. But what is an example of this country's moral decay that you mention is the unwillingness to deal with the growing number of guns in this country and the growing ease with which kids can get their hands on these weapons. And thats why there is incredible dislike for the NRA...the power they wield....but the neo-nazis of this country continue to provide them the funding that allows them to be a huge lobby in DC. THEY are the example of decay and sin and all that's ugly in this country. And they justify it all by bringing up the right to bear arms edict everytime the issue comes up. And so more innocent people die at the hands of guns. ted