>>>>The way you tell which one is going to be a problem, is they usually pull the gun and point it at you (except if they do that, they aren't law abiding, honest citizens). Those people are the ones who will have guns regardless of the law. They are also the ones that make it necessary for people to be able to defend themselves. As has been said, "an armed society is a polite society."
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>>>In an article I was reading about Yoshi Hattori (the Japanese kid who was shot and killed because he went to the wrong house and knocked on the door) I found this statement (I don't know where the statistic came from, but I have no trouble believing it):
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>>>"Statistics demonstrate, however, that any individual with a gun in the home for the purpose of self-defense is 43 times more likely to kill a family member than an intruder. This was the case recently, when a man, thinking a robber hid in a closet in his house, shot his child."
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>>>How do you weed out the stupid in a country that only passes the Brady law by a very narrow margin after strong opposition.
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>>Yeah, I've seen those statistics. I can also dig some up that show how crime has dropped in areas where people can legally carry concealed weapons. Being an evolutionist, I would think you would already know how we weed out the stupid - natural selection - what else?<vbg>
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>Ok, you got me there. I just don't want the stupid weeding me out on their way to extinction.
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>I really think we need logic locks. They would be put on people's doors and windows. The logic problem would automatically change each time the current one is solved. If a person can't solve it, he/she can't leave the residence. A different problem for the car. I mean, why not help evolution along a little.
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>Then we need tests for buying liquor, and a whole battery of tests for anyone wanting to have a kid.


Now, you're starting to sound like me!<g>