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To: neolib who wrote (303110)	1/9/2011 11:56:34 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

>>Yes, a nutty idea. Make it "safer" by making it more dangerous.<< mexico has strong gun laws, is it safer? did german jews become safer when they had their guns taken away? was stalin's russia safe without guns in the hands of the people? how about pol pots cambodia? mao's china? how about europe for centuries? how about saddam's iraq? how about il's north korea? is switzerland unsafe because almost every household has guns? have you seen a map of countries hitler invades? do you know anything of human history?

To: neolib who wrote (303110)	1/10/2011 1:49:40 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 306849

Yes, a nutty idea. Make it "safer" by making it more dangerous. Why don't we remove all guard rails on roads, and just ask people to be more careful? The USA's love affair with guns will not change anytime soon. Slowly we will get to compare our culture to others that will pass us in accomplishments, then some of our nuttier beliefs about what made America great will get challenged, and perhaps some change for the better will come. But it will take decades if not a good fraction of this century IMHO. Well America's day of reckoning is upon us. Like I've said before, the US had the catbird's seat after WW II....but things have changed. Asia is on the ascendency. Europe is no longer plagued with the remnants of WW II. In the meantime, this country has considerable internal rot thanks to the right........and we are becoming less competitive by the day.