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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

Ian Meyer wrote:
> make me #5.5 then
> 
> im a split fan of guns. i think, as has been said innumerable times
> before, "guns don't kill people, people kill people"

I agree entirely, except I'm not split on being a fan.

> 
> at the same time, the culture surrounding guns in this country is
> just....bad. but thats not the guns' fault. look at canada, just as
> many guns per capita (or almost or something like that) but so much
> more cool about it

True.  I think you have to look at the education system, economic
opportunity, social safety nets, law enforcement, etc. to understand why we
have more gun crime.  I don't believe that we are more violent or
pre-disposed to gun crime than any other country or people.

> 
> *shrug*
> 
> its late, im ranting, and i think im going to go to bed now
> 
> ~ian
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 23:38:28 -0500, James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 9, 2004, at 10:48 PM, Alan MacHett wrote:
> >
> > > In reference to James Dasher's message:
> > >> But have you seen the response, at <http://www.werenotsorry.com/>, or
> > >> the photo gallery at <http://www.werenotsorry.net/>?
> > >>
> > >> It's just as juvenile as the sorryeverybody.com site -- and just as
> > >> funny.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Yep, those are funny too.
> > >
> > > me like!
> > > http://www.werenotsorry.com/images/Photos/badass.jpg
> > > too bad she's crazy...
> > >
> > > Notice how many of them are armed?  I find that funny -- always have -
> -
> > > because I'm a "bleeding-heart liberal" but guess what? I'm armed too.
> >
> > Heh.  I'd missed that one.  DEFINITELY over-the-top.  And funny.
> >
> > These are probably not your "moral issues" voters - they're that
> > uncounted category from the exit polls, "2nd Amendment voters".  What
> > the split was, I don't know (probably because it wasn't asked), but the
> > only four gun fans I know personally all voted for Kerry.  You'd be #5.
> >
> >
> >
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