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To: Dale Baker who wrote (107705)4/5/2009 1:28:44 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541011
 
You're just not getting it Dale :-)

It's the STATISTICS you need to worry about- so you have to let the gun nuts give you their cherry picked statistics, and THEN you'll be convinced.

Seriously, if it were just the rabid gun owners blowing themselves away this issue would be moot for me, I really wouldn't care- but you've got to worry a bit when children and folks who don't own guns, and don't agree to assume the risks of gun ownership, get blown away.

We live in a pretty weird country- where some folks see universal health care as a problem, but see universal weapon ownership as a benefit. Go figure. If I spoke one of the Norwegian languages I'd probably be out of here, but I don't.



To: Dale Baker who wrote (107705)4/5/2009 3:22:45 PM
From: d[-_-]b  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541011
 

How many more stories do we have to hear like this before the public starts to look at this is as more than just an anecdotal exercise?


Don't know - but the relationship you seem to want to highlight is something to do with guns being causal - which is entirely untrue. It was obviously his weapon of choice, but the fact was he wanted to kill his children and himself - that's the tragedy.