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In article <donbC4MtDD.KMz@netcom.com>, donb@netcom.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
> 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.

He didn't mention violence.

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

Looks to me like he was thinking for himself.

> In a sense, handguns do make violence easy.

Bit of an admission that Don :-)

>  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.

So I suppose it's OK for every psychopath to have a gun as long he promises to
be good ?

> 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.

Most elderly woman probably couldn't pull the slide back on a 38 semi-auto. -
or aim it.

> 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?

What gives YOU the right to say everyone should have easy access to the tools
to kill anybody they don't like ?

Kev.
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