[TheForge] The most effort for the least results

[James Davis]

somewhere on the internet their is site with a gun on a table with a camera watching it all the time; in the 15 years or so it has not killed anyone. 

> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:24:25 -0500
> From: blcksmth at wcnet.org
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] The most effort for the least results
> 
> I think your opinion of the NRA is misguided. A gun is no different than 
> a screwdriver - it is a tool. In the wrong hands it too can be 
> dangerous. In the right application it can be extremely useful. The NRA 
> is one of several organizations of concerned citizens that are 
> protecting the rights and freedoms of all American citizens by defending 
> our constitution from all persons who do not understand or do not care 
> about the value our founding fathers have passed on to us. It is up to 
> us to continue their vision.
> 
> Bob Willman
> The Eagle’s Anvil
> Bowling Green, Ohio
> WB8NQW
> 
> And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when
> we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the
> minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?
> That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I
> tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His
> justice cannot sleep forever.
> 
> Thomas Jefferson
> 
> On 12/22/2012 10:16 AM, Bruce . wrote:
> > 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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> >>
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> >>
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