Re: The Armed Citizen - Missouri

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:15:36 -0500, "Patrick McConnell"
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>"< Robin >" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Gun accidents, car accidents...  why are gun accidents so terrible, and
>car
>> accidents so accepted, when the car is a far greater killer of kids?
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>Because guns exist for no other reason than to cause death. Gun accidents
>happen because "we" decided we want to keep death machines around the house.
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>Cars provide transportation so there is a reason to have them despite the
>death they cause. If someone designed a car that could never cause death it
>might be a good car. If someone designed a gun that could never cause death
>it would definitely be a bad gun.

        This statement shows that you are willing to accept deaths
from some causes but mot others.

        Guns DO exsist for other reasond than to kill.  You need to
understand what a gun was deaigned to do a bit better if you think
that they have no other use than killing.
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>SG
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     Washington State
 Initiative 676 Gun Control 
 7,419 of 7,420 precincts - 99 percent 
 Yes, 409,515 - 29.6 percent 
 No, 973,974 - 70.4 percent
  http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/initiatives/text/i676.htm
  http://www.mcsm.org/676.html 
  http://www.uh.edu/~dbarclay/rm/676.htm
                Snake