At 01:08 AM 5/29/99 -0500, Sasha Chislenko wrote:
>It would take a second for a strong man to kill
>a weak person with bare hands. (Would you prohibit
>strong hands as a visible threat?] Without a weak
>person having a gun, they are at a mercy of any
>criminal, and have no deterrent.
>
>As for mass murders, one can just drive a car into a
>crowd. Now, how many people die from mass murderers?
>And how many people die from eating unhealthy food
>from MacDonalds, smoking, including secondary, etc.?
>Bearing guns is a constitutional right, and mass murders
>are probably the case of deaths number one thousand
>something. Why not take care of the top of the list
>of deaths first, especially when it doesn't violate
>anybody's constitutional rights? Just because mass
>murders sound more dangerous and look more photogenic?
>
Precisely. Just don't try to take my Quarter Pounder with Cheese. You will have to pry it from my cold, dead, greasy hands...
Chuck Kuecker