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In article <93087.205644WCBANTA@auvm.american.edu> William C. Banta 
<WCBANTA@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>Handguns cause billions of dollars in damage every year by making
>murder and blood easy. 

First off, I'd say your logic is flawed...handguns don't cause that
violence.  You don't pick up a handgun and have it whisper in your ear
"Kill that jerk, he flipped you off!".  People decide on their own to
kill other people, so the handgun does not "cause" the damage.

How does one make "blood" easy?  Learn to think for yourself, rather than
parroting slogans that hack politicians use to get elected.

In a sense, handguns do make violence easy.  BUT, it is up to the person
with the handgun to decide to use the weapon for stupid violence, use the
gun for justified self defense or use it to punch holes in paper.  However,
they are also the perfect defensive weapon and the only one that can make
a more vulnerable person, such as the elderly or a woman, safe.

> Why should manuacturers and buyers not pay their fair share of that cost?

Because the vast majority do not contribute to that cost.  Violent felons
who DO should never see the light of day afterwards.

  Why not tax hand guns at the point of
>manufacture - say $1,500 per Saturday night special?  Why not tax
>permits for owning a handdgun.  Really sock it to sellers.

What's the point of doing that?  What gives YOU the right to say only
people with substantial available cash have the right to self defense?

     don
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