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In article <3at4t5$7h5@utdallas.edu>,  <jspence@utdallas.edu> wrote:
>Ray Ward-telecomrc.com (rayward@metronet.com) wrote:

>As to guns and their uses, I see no 
>use for them at all. None! 


Guns are to hunt for food and to kill bad people and dangerous animals.
Because you buy your burgers at McDonalds or only eat vegetables does
not ensure the world follows your desires.  Likewise because some
misguided people prefer to shoot at differently-colored persons to feed 
their addiction of hate does not justify removal of weapons.  It rather
justifies the need for the weapons so that the good can defend themselves
from the bad.  To expect to find a cop in your time of need is naive.  This 
would require about 1 cop per person to defend society.  Someday our 
government will repeat the actions of the governments of Haiti, Germany
(Hitler), Russia (Stalin), China, etc. and you will be glad the person
next door has that tank (or maybe you'll be just wishing you could find a 
slingshot.)




>Holding and shooting a gun is just like alcohol 
>and drugs, something we could use a lot less of. Too many damn guns. Guns 
>for children, guns to protect the home, guns to kill people. What is a 
>gun for but to kill something. Bullshit on that target stuff, most people 
>shoot at silhouttes of people. White people shoot at Blacks and Hispanics 
>at the target ranges. They are just feeding their addiction of hate.
>
>John




Incidently, I don't own a gun.  I never have, and I probably never will.  I
have no training and no current interest.  My father and grandmother were
expert marksmen.  A gun in the hands of the ignorant or evil is a dangerous
thing indeed.  Guns in the hands of good, skilled people is how this country
was created and made independent from the tyranny of others.