From: ChuckKuecker (ckuecker@mcs.net)
Date: Mon Jul 06 1998 - 18:17:36 MDT
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At 01:38 AM 7/4/98 -0700, Hara Ra wrote:
>Andrew:
>>Interesting explanation for high violent crime in America. It's
not the fact
>>that so many have guns, it's the fact that not ENOUGH people have
guns.
>>According to your reasoning, if EVERYONE had a gun, crime would
decline
>>dramatically. Thanks, but I'd rather not turn this country into a
national
>>version of Dodge City.
>
>Reminds me of pertussis (whooping cough). Here in Santa Cruz it
became the
>fashion for some parents to not immunize their children due to the
small
>but definite chance the child would have a negative reaction to the
>immunization. What they didn't know or consider was that without
>immunization pertussis is much more likely and the total harm much
higher.
>The result: Santa Cruz and San Mateo have the highest pertussis
rates in
>the nation, like 50x higher.
>
>I am beginning to think that training in the use of firearms should
be
>mandatory.
>
If there can be sex ed in schools, why not firearms safety? The
subject would save a few kids from becoming statistics trying to
imitate TV and movie stunts, if nothing else..
Chuck Kuecker
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