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Thread #71757 Message #1231953
Posted By: M.Ted
23-Jul-04 - 02:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: Virginians Wearing Guns in Public
Subject: RE: BS: Virginians Wearing Guns in Public
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I don't advocate gun control--but I do think that a lot of folks who oppose gun control are pretty much indifferent to the epidemic of violence that we are experiencing--
Comments like this-"I am interested in facts, and answers. So far, no one has delivered a convincing argument as to what greater good would be served by taking guns away from folks like me." seem to me to reflect that indifference--you seem to say that the only reason that this stuff comes up is because people are using it as an excuse to take your guns away--it isn't true--you can keep your guns, as far as I am concerned--but I would like it if you would acknowledge that there is a real, severe, problem with violence in this country--
As to the "gun control" folks--I'd really like them to acknowledge that the problem is not based in the availability of guns, it has to do with the fact that, for whatever reason, people are more inclined to act out toward one another violently--