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Article #961Re: Hey Leech, does the trigger pull the finger ? was: Montreal massacre
From: Rosco
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 00:00
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In article <DJttEr.MGz@freenet.carleton.ca> Colin R. Leech
(ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
> Orion (orion@unix.infoserve.net) writes:
> >
> > I see. So....you'd rather be beaten *to death* than shot, would you?
> > Or stabbed to death?
> She stands a much better chance of still being alive after a beating than
> a shooting. Why do such simple concepts elude you, Orion?
But dead is dead. What difference does it make if you are killed with a
knife or a firearm? Why do such simple concepts elude you, Colin?
> > If so, you're in luck...since over 60% of all
> > domestic homicides involve either beatings or stabbings (note that this
> > figure includes both male *and* female domestic homicide victims).
> Yes, and that number is so high partly *because* we don't have guns
> readily available in every house to be used.
The numbers are simply a reflection of what tools are available at the time.
Take away firearms, and different tools will be substituted, with no change
in the number of deaths. Firearms are not at issue in situations of domestic
violence (although they could save a victim, if the victim had one).
> And she is more likely to have been on the receiving end of the bullet.
More men are killed with firearms than women; why is this not an issue?
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