Message 81/147
Date: 21-Oct-02 @ 09:35 AM Edit: 21-Oct-02 | 09:37 AM -
RE: guns
It's not anthrax that kills people, it's people.
Pongoid. Ewww... you are so angry and very scary... it doesn't sound like you need much motivation to shoot someone, so maybe I should just stop arguing my 'bleeding heart liberal' corner eh?
Well, the bottom line seems to be that US citizens are so terrified of each other's capacity for violence that you don't really have a choice but to arm yourselves.
Interstingly, none of you pro-gun people have answered my relatively simple question:
'How come so many more people die from gun related incidents in the US than in countries where there are strict gun laws?'
Just to let you know, in my entire life and I grew up in the equivalent of the harlem in london, I have NEVER seen a gun wielded in anger.
I was there in the middle of the riots in Brixton. I have been threatened with knives and had a machete buried into the wall next to my head and been beaten up, but NEVER seen a gun. When I walk down the street, the policemen are NOT carrying guns, imagine that!
What would you suggest we do in the UK... promote the ownership of guns so that we can shoot each on a more regular basis? Or would that make things worse. Really, what do you think, I'm very interested.