Well said.
Brian
At 10:40 AM 09/14/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>Yes, most people can be trusted with weapons, and most people can be
>trusted to
>make wise decisions. Give those same people heated emotions and far less of
>them are capable of wise decisions. Now give those same emotionally distrought
>people alchohol, and the group that is still capable of making wise choices is
>now very small. Having a weapon within easy reach just increasses the
>chances
>that a bad decision will turn into a very horrible one. Not trying to
>move the
>responsiblilty from individual to object mind you. Just adding some food for
>thought.
>adam
>
>Marty Galyean wrote:
>
> > Why is it scary? Why is the weapon scary? Its the terrorist you should
> > be worried about. If EVERYONE carried a plastic knife onto planes those
> > terrorists would have FAILED MISERABLY. Why? Because the VAST MAJORITY
> > of people can be TRUSTED with WEAPONS.
> >
> > Dang. I am SO tired of these moronic haplophoblic assertions.
> >
> > Marty
> >
> > Dan Rivera wrote:
> > >
> > > "Paul Macey" <pmacey@ans.net> wrote in message
> > > news:Pine.GSO.4.05.10109120852300.24671-100000@paul.ny.ans.net...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Gus wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I don't believe NRA has ever supported plastic hand guns. Also
> at this
> > > > > point the only weapons known to have been used were knife like
> weapons.
> > > >
> > > > Still trying to deal with the fact that plastic knives and box cutters
> > > > were the tools of the terrorists that allowed them to take control of 4
> > > > planes which became responsible for thousands of lost lives.
> > > >
> > >
> > > What is twisted is that at a gun show 3 months ago, a guy was selling
> > > plastic knives. I asked who would use
> > > this? He said people who want to be safe on a plane, or anywhere else
> metal
> > > detectors are used.
> > > It was sharp, and it was strong.
> > > At the time it was just a curiosity, but very scary in retrospect.
> > >
> > > Dan
> >
> > --
> > "The mother is the most precious possession of the nation,
> > so precious that society advances its highest well-being when
> > it protects the functions of the mother."
> > --Ellen Key
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