Re: Guns...

"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:34:09 -0400, "Rhiannon" <rhianon@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Why not ban cars first? They kill far more children than guns. Then you
>>> have swimming pools, which also kill more children than guns. If you
>>> check
>>> the CDC statistics you'll find a lot of things that kill more children
>>> than
>>> guns.
>>
>>Apples and oranges. Cars and swimming pools are designed for other uses
>>and
>>guns are not. Seems obvious that an item *intended* solely for killing
>>would be banned before things meant for other purposes, but have the
>>potential to kill by accident.
>
> No difference. A gun may be designed for killing, but only under certain
> circumstances as provided by law (either human or animal.) Shooting is
> primarily a sport since the *vast* majority of rounds fired are at paper
> targets or animals.
>
> And what difference does the primary purpose of a device matter? A child
> is
> just as dead after being shot than it is after drowning in a swimming pool
> or suffering massive internal injuries in a car wreck. A child is also
> just
> as dead after being stabbed or cut with a knife - and knives are designed
> solely for stabbing and cutting.
>
> Are you sure you don't just want to justify your addiction to the
> convenience of cars and the comfort of swimming pools regardless of the
> child death toll?

Given that I have neither a car nor a swimming pool and probably never will
I can safely say, no I don't just want to justify my addiction.

--
Rhi

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:02:55 -0400, "Rhiannon" <rhianon@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> Are you sure you don't just want to justify your addiction to the
>> convenience of cars and the comfort of swimming pools regardless of the
>> child death toll?
>
>Given that I have neither a car nor a swimming pool and probably never will
>I can safely say, no I don't just want to justify my addiction.

You take no form of public transportation at all and never ride in cars?
Never been in a swimming pool? It's not that you need to own such things
yourself. The fact is that cars and swimming pools are in no danger of
being banned yet they both cause far more deaths among children than guns.

Ever use a household chemical of any sort? Accidental poisonings with
household chemicals also cause more death among children than guns.

I'm just pointing out that some people become hysterical over guns when
there are many more things that are far more deadly to children to which
they never give a second thought.