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 On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:22:29 -0500, penny  wrote: 
  
 >On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:38:46 GMT, 10x@telu€s.net wrote: 
 > 
 >>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:11:08 GMT, LC@dinkerson.com (Ladies Choice) 
 >>wrote: 
 >> 
 >>>In article , 10x@telu€s.net 
 says... 
 >>>> 
 >>> 
 >>>>>And handguns are not used to hunt for food. not that you need to in a 
 >>>>>society where it is all done for you. 
 >>>> 
 >>>>A very small percentage of the handgun bullets fired in Canada are 
 >>>>fired at humans. The rest are fired at targets.  Just because a person 
 >>>>shoots a handgun recreanally does not mean she is practicing to kill 
 >>>>people. A golfer swings a club and practices his swing. it doesn't 
 >>>>mean he's going to hit someone with a club. 
 >>>> 
 >>> 
 >>>I hope a target shooter is practicing to kill, because the more he 
 practices, 
 >>>the more likely a stray bullet won't hit me when he's out trying to kill a 
 >>>certain person. 
 >> 
 >>Of the fifty five million shotshells fired from shotguns every year in 
 >>Canada very few are fired at human beings. 
 >>Of the hundreds of millions of .22 rimfire ammunition fired every 
 >>year, very few are fired at human beings. 
 >>Even fewer human beings are injured or killed by gunshot wounds in 
 >>Canada. 
 > 
 >But all of that shooting of five million shotshells  is useless. It 
 >has no purpose.  With a knife you can peel a potato, but you can't 
 >peel a potato with a gun.  An aspirin might cure your pain, but a gun 
 >cannot cure pain. . A car can transport you anywhere you want.  You 
 >can take your children to their after-school hobbies in a car.  A gun 
 >won't take you anywhere except to a hole in the ground in a coffin or 
 >to a hospital trauma ward. 
 > 
 >Guns are useless. 
  
 As are golf clubs, and baseball bats, but folks still use them 
 recreartionally and enjoy them. 
 Were you aware that studies in some Northern U.S. states show that 
 youth who get firearms safety training and own firearms are far less 
 likely to be involved in gangs, or do anything that will result in 
 criminal charges. 
  
  
 >>To put things in perspective.  Non steroidal anti inflamatory 
 >>compounds  (NSAIDS) kill over 1500 Canadians a year.  Many of these 
 >>deaths occur while under the care of a physician.  And the name of 
 >>this NSAID that kills more folks than gun shot, Aspirin... 
 >>Using the argument used to ban guns would also ban Aspirin... 
 >> 
 >>Or you are safer from acts of violence by gun owners thatn you are 
 >>from taking medicines in your bathroom. 
 > 
 >You choose to take aspirin whereas you don't choose to be shot. 
 >Medicines have their uses.  Many people take aspirin to alleviate a 
 >pain, more fool them if they can read and have a computer. 
  
 Folks who choose to take aspirin regualarly, or under the supervision 
 of a physician to relieve pain run far greater risks than the average 
 Canadian from getting shot.  Gunshot wounds are extremely rare in 
 Canada. 
  
  
 >Guns don't have any uses other than to kill or wound. 
  
 Once again you are wrong. A gun shoots a bullet. There are millions of 
 bullets fired in Canada every year that are not fired at humans or 
 unsafely.  When one considers how many times firearms really are used 
 in Canada and the very low number of accidents, firarms are very safe. 
  
 IT is a human with criminal intent who decides to shoot at other 
 humans.  Miscreants who have values that allow them to do this will do 
 other illegal and immoral things. They should be delt with. 
  
  
  
 take the € out of 10x@telu€s.net to email me 
  
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