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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (40622)	4/4/2005 4:25:56 PM
From: fresc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

LOL! NRA examples. Of course handguns should be banned in the United States. For more than 30 years I've been a journalist here. I've covered death and tragedy in every form. In most cases, the cause of which has been the handgun. These people who say we have a Constitutional right to own and carry arms are absolutely correct. But I can't believe that the people who framed our Constitution had any idea that we would turn into a nation of paranoid idiots, who think that if we don't have a house full of guns, we are apt to be invaded by villains from at home and abroad, and lose all that we hold precious. The fact is, we lose a little bit of freedom in the United States every time a tragedy like that in Jonesboro occurs. It has reached the point in this country that we don't dare honk our horns at an absent-minded driver because we might get shot. We don't stop our cars in some neighbourhoods, because we might get shot. We don't complain about our neighbour's dog barking, because we might get shot. The governor of Arkansas, like many politicians who receive a lot of money from the National Rifle Association, didn't blame guns for the Jonesboro tragedy. He blamed television. It was as if he thought a couple of boys, aged 13 and 11, pulled a fire alarm and began lobbing televisions at their schoolmates. I think the British should be commended for banning handguns. When I visit England, I feel safe. I don't think you can feel the same way when you come to the US. Look at all the horrible incidents that have occurred to English tourists just in Florida. That's just one State. Magnify that by 50. It's a disgrace...