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On Thu, 04 Jul 1996 13:36:58 GMT, maddison@connexus.apana.org.au
(David S. Maddison) wrote:

>The reason for that is quite simple. A nuclear weapon is a weapon of
>mass destruction and has no legitimate private use, unlike the weapons
>you seek to ban.
You mean only one person was killed at Port Arthur?
It seems the pro-gunners' main argument for being able to own guns is
because they think that it is THEIR RIGHT.  What about the right of
everyone else to walk down a street without having their head blown
off?  Their is no right to bear arms in the Australian Constitution,
and with "weapons of mass destruction" like automatic and semi
automatic weapons, there is absolutely no need for them either.
If gun owners really want their guns, why not argue for storing them
at the gun club where their safe use for target practice can be
guaranteed?
Michael Paxton is right too, in pointing out that most gun deaths are
accidents, often self-inflicted.  The next most commonn are suicide.
Can't argue with those outcomes, I guess :-).

Andrew

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Andrew Purdam                    Canberra, Australia  
apurdam@pcug.org.au         http://www.pcug.org.au/~apurdam

My karma just ran over my dogma.