Re: Alarming statistics.

[CamaroGen1@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 6/28/01 12:31:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mark@lange.demon.co.uk writes:


> I can't disagree more. Carrying a gun equates more closely to a doctor
> being 'on call': not actually practising, but ready to do so.
> Only drawing the gun to clean it or use it on the range or to show it to
> next door neighbours baby equates to the doctor going into surgery.



       I disagree.

             Remember, we're talking about ACCIDENTS here.  A doctor 
ACCIDENTALLY gives too much morphine, or a drug that the patient is allergic 
to.  My gun is grabbed by an assailant and innocents shot is an ACCIDENT.
       I am basing this on the uninformed opinion that these statistics were 
pulled up to discount.  That just HAVING guns is dangerous.  That's what the 
anti-gun advocates are saying (that's why we all them ANTI-gun).  They belive 
IF we HAVE to have the guns, they should never leave the house, be locked in 
a cabinet, and trigger locked, and have a DNA decoder lock.  I dunno, maybe 
they think we just like to LOOk at them.

       ***Disclaimer : The THEY in the above refers to the most vocal 
anti-gun advocates, the author does not presume to try to make overall 
generalizations about ALL anti-gun advocates.  The generalization was used to 
save time (which this disclaimer just wasted) and space (which this 
disclaimer is now occupying).

Benjamin