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Myths About Gun Control
Real Clear Politics ^ | October 19, 2005 | John Stossel

Posted on 10/19/2005 8:06:17 AM PDT by texianyankee

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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one. - Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria, Criminologist 1764.
41 posted on 10/21/2005 8:43:20 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (I shot an error into the air. It's still going everywhere. R. A. HEINLEIN)
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42 posted on 02/17/2006 7:43:54 AM PST by marine86297 (I'll never forgive Clinton for Somalia, my blood is on his hands)
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"Houses don't kill people. People kill people."

I think these laws limiting usage of guns comes from the desire to lower crime rates, but there's also a failure to realize that guns aren't like horses who knock their riders off their backs, thus injuring the hapless rider. Thinking it would be the end of the world if everyone owned guns...there's no fear of guns. There's fear of the people who use them. It's just no one's ballsy enough to admit it.
43 posted on 04/13/2006 2:51:29 PM PDT by Annabees
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