On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:38:00 -0700, "Hawke" wrote:

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.

Check the actual numbers.
Deaths via knives, blunt objects, poison, etc. compare in Canada,
the UK, Japan, etc. with those in the US.
Deaths by gunfire in the US are *extra* deaths.

And almost all have been trying to put words in my mouth VBG.
--
Cliff