On Dec 17, 1:47 am, Don Foreman wrote:
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:10:45 -0800 (PST), Too_Many_Tools





wrote:
On Dec 15, 10:29 am, Don Foreman
wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:34:32 -0800, Gunner

wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:23:19 -0800 (PST), Too_Many_Tools
wrote:

On Dec 14, 2:31 pm, Eregon wrote:
Too_Many_Tools wrote in news:a927ebf6-a114-4c4f-
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The Problem is that irresponsible people have access to weapons.

Especially Politicians and badge-toters.

Fix that problem and the innocent will stop dying.

Not very bloody likely!

You seem to forget that more people die from illness, automobiles, old age,
etc., than from any weapon usage.

Requiring psych testing for gun ownership and usage would be a good
first step.

Most Pshrinks are nuts - are you REALLY saying that you want a nutcase to
be the one that makes the decision?

SEVERE penalties for allowing others unauthorized access to your
weapons would be another.

Given the co$t of firearms these days, the penalty for Grand Theft already
applies since UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS denotes theft.

Are you REALLY saying that the person whose firearm, knife, ball bat, hunk
of rebar, 2x4, etc. was stolen should be IMPRISONED or FINED? If so, you
must be a Pshrink.

We are talking about responsible gun ownership.

You ARE for RESPONSIBLE gun ownership, aren't you?

Don't PLAY the game unless you can PAY admission.

TMT

Responsible gun ownership to an antigunner such as TooFew, is placing
your firearms in the middle of 20 cubic food of wet concrete and
watching it dry.

Gunner

It means nothing at all to him other than as a swell hotbutton for
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You could not be more wrong Don.

You might want to step back and reexamine your responses...their
content is departing from your normal well balanced and thought out
nature.

OK, I did. You might want to do likewise. I see far more flame than
rational thought, and about no original thinking in your rhetoric
here. It's a ****ing contest, not a debate.

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Perhaps clarification of my position is in order.

I too try hard to be civil and polite...my past postings demonstrate
that.

I also tolerate considerable BS...one has to in order to survive with
some of the fools found on Usenet.

But I suffer fools poorly....as can be seen by some responses that I
have posted to some of the resident idiots that hang out in Usenet
land.

I do not consider you to be one of them...now or in the past.

As I was pointing out earlier, some of your posts are departing from
your normal reasonable and well thought out efforts which I have
looked forward to reading in the past.

If you have a problem with me, so be it...while it pains me since I
value your opinion I also know that all of us have blind spots...and
perhaps gun rights is one of yours.

I am for responsible gun ownership...and with that comes the
accountability for ownership of a firearm.

Your opinon may differ from mine.

Many gun owners want to own without being held accountable.

The continuing bloodshed in this country tells us that this society
needs to change to permit ownership while preventing unnecessary
deaths.

We can both be part of the solution or part of the problem.

Looking forward to your continued contributions to this discussion
group.

TMT