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To: Skipper who wrote (13885)	11/26/1997 7:08:00 PM
From: O'Hara	Respond to of 108807

><>...HAVE A BLESSED THANKSGIVING EVERYONE...><> Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. Shalom...><>

To: Skipper who wrote (13885)	11/29/1997 11:49:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Skipper, it is really hard for me to talk to you logically about guns, because you are mixing it up with religion, and the two are totally separate. Can you tell me how many children a day are killed in America by Wiccans? Sixteen a day are killed in gun accidents. Did you read the clipping from Del's newspaper in Texas about the child who was shot? Doesn't that affect you emotionally at all? I have no problems with individual rights, and enjoy quite a few of them myself, but I think there is a place where the rights of individuals need to be balanced against those of society in general. The argument that losing the right to carry firearms is the first step towards losing freedom of speech and then all of the other individual rights, is illogical to me. Is that happening right now in any of the countries with stiffer gun control laws than we have? What nefarious force is it that you think is going to take over America, anyway? Here is a comparison chart about some western, industrialized countries with democratic governments and various gun control laws. America is so far more violent PER CAPITA than they are that it seems to me something might be wrong with the idea that individual citizens need to be armed to the teeth to navigate their everyday lives: examiner.com