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People don't kill people, guns kill people...
ZV >>
Actually as the NRA has pointed out so often "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." And that is far and away the best reason I could ever put forward for keeping guns, the most effective tool for killing, out of the hands of people.
Neil
(Yes, I did realize your initial post was sarcasm) >>
You make a good point, but the people who want to use a gun to kill someone will find a way to get a gun, legal or not. If a burgler comes into my home at night, I'd like to have some recourse other than asking him to please leave. I mean, why not outlaw pocket knives, steak knives, bread knives, etc. After all, people can use them to kill people. You'll probably say that they aren't the most effective and that therefore we don't need to worry. But if we get rid of guns, then somehting else becomes the most effective. And once we get rid of that, something else will become the most effective, it begins to spiral into something that quickly becomes absurd.
ZV