"Cliff" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:30:04 GMT, "J. Francis" wrote:

Cliff wrote:

1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
during a hold-up in Long Beach, California,

returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken
the space. Understandably, he shot her.

6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the
counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer,
the man pulled a gun

9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 a.m., flashed a gun,

See the common theme? Crook uses firearm in the commission of a crime
and... unarmed victims get shot.

*sigh*

What a resounding testimony to the fact that gun control is a miserable
failure,

Too many people got guns?

and the truth about victims having a much higher chance of
surviving an encounter with a violent aggressor if they themselves are
armed.

Which is why store clerks & bank tellers are so heavily armed, right?

Thanks Cliff. Seriously. I know it was unintended, but your failure to
think through what you were posting is appreciated none the less. :-)

You think a firefight would have helped?
Stuff is funny that is rare.
This was about more stupid armed wingers.
BTW, Where did they get the guns? Steal them from someone
else with an NRA sticker on their door?
--
Cliff

The get rid of guns to make the world safe argument would be a good one
except for the impossibility of doing so. No matter what the laws or how
hard anyone tries there are always going to be guns available. Whether it's
guns from Virginia getting into NY or DC or guns getting into Mexico from
the US, or guns getting into Great Britain from Europe, there will always be
guns that get into where ever they are banned. Given this fact, the argument
of outlawing firearms simply doesn't hold water.

Then add the fact that if there were no guns whatsoever violent people would
simply use knives, clubs, fists, and other available weapons to prey on the
weak. Getting rid of guns will only make life easier for bullies. Since this
is the case the only rational thing to do is to allow law abiding citizens
the right to use firearms to protect themselves and their property. Nothing
else is going to work. All you have to do is look at the Sudan and you can
see what happens to people that can't protect themselves. They have no guns.
I feel sorry for them. The bad guys do have guns. The solution to the
problem is easy. Give the victims guns. Nothing else is going to help them.
It's the same everywhere. It may not be nice but that is the reality you
have to deal with.

Hawke