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Re: OT: Americans against gun control... This is why..

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From: Capa422
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 00:00
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Frank_Rizzo <riz...@FARTalltel.net.net> wrote in message
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> > Apples and oranges here.  There are benefits to having knives.  They are
a
> > tool which we need in our daily lives.  Unless you hunt, you don't need
a
> > gun.
>
> Okay then, bow and arrows. What if guns were gone, and people started
> killing using bow and arrows? You gonna ban them also? You don't need them
> unless you hunt!...

Thats right, bows and arrows should be illegal.  Who uses a bow and arrow to
hunt these days?  Nobody.  Are they a valuable tool? No.

> > I disagree.
>
> Okay... How? You disagree about this being the best country in the free
> world, or that we are free, and that's what makes this the best country in
> the free world?

I disagree about America being the best country in the world.

> > Like I said, knives make our lives easier.  Guns make our lives worse.
>
> Go back to my "Bow and Arrow" comment... Guns don't make my life any worse
> or better.

Easy to say when you've never had a lunatic point one at you.

> > > Why not? It's a department store! Where else would you buy them?
> >
> > How about a GUN STORE!!!
>
> Um... it is a gun store here. A gun store that sells other things. Glass
> half empty, glass half full.

If you HAVE to sell guns, wouldn't it make sense to sell them at a REAL gun
store?  K-Mart is a place people take their kids to shop.  Next thing you
know you'll be able to pick up a gun at a drive-through.

> > I was being sarcastic.  However here in Canada they don't sell guns at
> > K-Mart as far as I know.  Mostly clothes and electronics.
>
>
> Big mistake not selling guns in a gun store! Get rid of all the clothes
and
> electronics, and put the guns back where they belong in K-Mart... hehe
>
> <inserts tongue firmly in cheek>   =)

I guess you know what sarcasm is after all <G>
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