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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (352842)	9/28/2007 7:05:57 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575341

"The central truth is always avoided by the gun control crowd - criminals don't follow the laws." True. But the fact of the matter is that there are places where some form of gun control is going to happen. Right or wrong. In those places, tasers make sense. It is a good counter to someone with a gun. Probably better than a gun, given that it is easier to hit the intended target with a taser than a handgun for most people. "Even Germany had a horrendous school shooting early this year and they have almost no civilian gun ownership." You have to be a registered hunter for the most part. But Germany doesn't really help your case much. They have less than 300 deaths per year due to firearms. That is better than some cities in the US. Again, I don't advocate banning guns. I am not a hunter, but know a lot who are. I don't even oppose owning them for protection. However, I think anyone who does is morally obligated to actually learn how to use the thing and keep in practice. Trying to defend yourself with a weapon you never fired is an oxymoron.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (352842)	9/30/2007 1:12:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575341

Even Germany had a horrendous school shooting early this year and they have almost no civilian gun ownership. Yes, one to our hundred......and the entire country was in shock and mourning. It takes a mass shooting at a school to raise a tear in this country. Our gun violence is so large and ugly, it rivals that of many third world countries. Like those who adamantly support tax cuts even as the fed. debt approaches $10 trillion, your love affair with guns blinds you to their significant impact on this society and the huge cost in human lives associated with them.