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To: DOUG H who wrote (190839)	10/10/2001 7:11:43 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Even more sinister are those who "use" guns and their damage as political footballs to hammer at ideological opponents with whom they disagree on othewr issues." I thought of a good basis for an argument to illuminate the truth you so eloquently stated. Start the debate by defining the biggest reason that people are shooting each other (mostly gang related imo). When the two sides come to an agreement on what is causing this phenomenon, ask why the dems don't focus on THE MAIN REASON that people kill each other. In other words, why spin the nations wheels so to speak by taking away one of our constitutional rights to solve an issue when the same energy could go to the CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. In a well laid out argument, the anti-gun people would not fair well.

To: DOUG H who wrote (190839)	10/10/2001 7:46:43 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Unforunatley there are some, (you??) who would not allow anyone to own them." Nope. Never said that. Neither did Clinton; neither did Gore; neither did Teddy Kennedy. I'm not concerned with the 98 percent of gun owners who are responsible. What concerns me is how readily those 98 percent howl and kick and scream whenever someone proposes going after the irresponsible bad-asses ... the 2 percent ... through tougher, more time-consuming background checks, for instance. Like I said: Much has changed/will change since Sept. 11. I would hope that the NRA would yield some on the issue of background checks, and other areas of concern, if our new security czar wants to clamp down on too many guns in a gun-crazed society.