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Re: Hey Leech, does the trigger pull the finger ? was: Montreal massacre

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From: Colin R. Leech
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 00:00
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Barry Glasgow (glasgow@bnr.ca) writes:
> You talk about firearms as if they have a mind of their own
> and that, if you ban them, they will go away 

If they were banned, there would be fewer of them - hence less chance of
one being used.

> and that if they did go away, nothing would replace them.

A knife is a *lot* different from a gun. If you can't understand that,
then there's not much point continuing this debate.

> And what's this crap about imprisonment for such killers ?
> You're so enraged and offended by these acts that you want to do
> all sorts of irrational things that won't solve the problem yet,
> you want to keep the perpetrators of these acts in comfort for life.

If you wish to discuss capital punishment, start a different thread.

>[Other irrelevant babble deleted.]



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From: ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
Subject: Re: Hey Leech, does the trigger pull the finger ? was: Montreal massacre
Date: 1995/12/16
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