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[Bruce .]

Let's not ban any guns.  Let's not even ban large magazines.

Let's just bring modern guns into line with the intentions of the
writers of the Constitution:  Reduce their rate of fire to once or
twice a minute -- like a flintlock.

Against an armed man, an unarmed man has NO chance.  Reduce the rate
of fire, and he might have a chance.  Why should my life be predicated
upon the whim of somebody who happens to be packing when I'm not?
Give me 30 seconds to cover the space between me and a shooter, and
things will be a mite more equal.

The various videos on "semi"automatic weapons are very instructive.
They equate powerful guns with manliness.  They do this in gun ads.
You can't be a man without a gun.  These people use bullets because
they have no real balls.

The NRA has it wrong.  Guns kill people.  They are not for
self-defense.  They are not for defense at all.  They may be used for
counter-offense, but that is NOT the same as defense.

The NRA wants people to buy more and more guns.  Nothing makes them
happier than murder -- especially mass murder -- because it keeps
people scared and scared people buy guns.  Why do we condone a
domestic arms race?

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Andy Gladish <anjgladish at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is making me feel old: I remember when "Ban All Handguns" was a very
> common headline. When was that, early 70's?
> The current dogma (Banning "Assault Rifles" will make the country peaceful)
> is so silly- I get that they creep people out, and I get that if it were to
> prevent one mass murder it would be a good thing.
> What kind of sense does it make to ban the gun that is LEAST LIKELY to be
> used in homicide and suicide on any given day (That's according to the FBI,
> but hey, what do they know, right?)
>
> Can we at least be honest with each other that banning them would barely
> affect murder and suicide rates?
> I'm not making this stuff up, look at the FBI Uniform Crime Report.
>
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Bruce
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