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From: rjc@snow.UUCP (R.caley)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Gun control (Durr I'm confused!)
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Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 04:11:38 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 12 04:11:38 1985
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  A simple question - can anyone tell me why they would want to own a gun?

There are 3 uses for a gun (hand or other)

i) A book end - They arn't very stable maybe a doorstop is closer

ii) Target shooting - This is a valid one and is done by a small number of
                people,though video games are cheeper for a game of hand/eye
                co-ordination.

iii) Killing things! - appart from the small number of people who kill to live
                (either for food or to sell produce) this is odd - anyone who
                gets their fun from killing things is in need of psyciatric
                attention (to say the least).

NOTICE eating what you kill is not a justification of (iii) but needing the
        food is (sorry to any vegitarians out there I see no moral
        difference between killing a rabbit and killing a cabbage - both are
        just as alive you can only pick on nutritional needs or personal
        preference).

In conclution
        1) Cabbages are cute (I never eat them).
        2) Use beer bottles for book ends.         :-)
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