Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site unmvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!mhuxj!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!unmvax!lee From: lee@unmvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics,net.rec Subject: Re: Re: Merry Christmas from the NRA Message-ID: <568@unmvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 04:59:38 EST Article-I.D.: unmvax.568 Posted: Sun Jan 6 04:59:38 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 03:46:12 EST References: <2974@allegra.UUCP> <1912@sun.uucp> <2504@CSL-Vax.ARPA> Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 57 Xref: watmath net.politics:6643 net.rec:189 > Guns don't shoot people, bullets shoot people. > Guns shoot bullets. > People shoot guns. > Criminals, fools, and hunters shoot people. Now then, "people" shoot guns and "criminals, fools and hunters" shoot "people". If "people" would carry their guns then criminals and fools would not be able to shoot them as "people" would shoot the criminals and fools. Hunting accidents do occur, unfortunately. So do driving accidents. I don't see anybody here discussing taking away everybodies car. They just want them to be responsible while driving. The NRA would like to see hunters use their guns responsibly. That is why there is an NRA sponsored hunter safety course available almost everywhere in the U.S. > Too bad, since the NRA seems to be composed of criminals, fools, and hunters. > Which category wants armor-piercing bullets to be legal? > Which category believes Saturday-night specials are used for sport? > Which category thinks a man in a red plaid shirt wearing a bright orange > vest looks like a 12-point buck? > Which category ignores the statistics on how many people are shot with their > own guns, or how many shoot family members they thought were burglars, or > how many people are shot because someone was blazing angry and there was a > gun right there? Ok, back it up. Please publish the number of NRA members who shot people in this last year. I do not have these figures at hand but I have the distinct feeling that the number is small. If so, then maybe everybody should join the NRA, huh? > > If Uzi semi-automatic machine guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have Uzi > semi-automatic machine guns. But at least psychos who walk into McDonald's > and shoot everyone in sight won't. > No, the psychos would undoubtedly find another method. This is really a cheap shot. Though it is true that the guy used a gun to commit this act. From what I have read he would have been just as happy to hack those people up with a sword. You use the incident to inflame people by emotion. Like I said, a cheap shot. A people with rights at least has the chance to be free. The ability to change ones government (with weapons if need be) is a very difficult people to oppress when they do not choose to be. I believe this is the reason why we (the citizens of the United States) were given this right. > joe > > Anyone who disagrees with me is welcome to come shoot me. You'll feel better. Naw, that's ok. You're drastic enough for the both of us. -- --Lee (Ward) {ucbvax,convex,gatech,pur-ee}!unmvax!lee