From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Mon Mar 01 1999 - 07:09:35 MST
Just catching up on mail after four days working on a movie...
newstrom@newstaffinc.com wrote:
>Because you listen to right-wing radio programs that distort the truth?
As opposed to left-wing media distorting the truth? In my experience no-one
lies more than the anti-gun lobby... they have to, because they have no truth
to support their cause.
>I'm telling you that in my
>community children fatally shoot each other with guns every year.
*Shrug* Michael's figures look silly to me, as far as I'm aware the correct
figures are around 100 deaths per year, not 1 per year. That is, a small
fraction of the number of kids who are killed in swimming pool or cycling
accidents... and a small fraction of the lives saved each year by guns.
>Your
>claim that it's not really happening and it's really just a Left-Wing
>lie doesn't fly.
Anti-gun lies on this issue are well-known, with many of their figures
created by claiming that 20-year-old crack dealers are 'kids'. Yes, a small
number of real kids are killed accidentally each year with guns; we can
look at improving that figure after we've dealt with the much greater risks
from pools and bicycles.
I just don't see this as an important issue at all, and can't see why anyone
would unless they're part of the anti-gun hordes; there are far more
important things to worry about. That they choose to ignore these other issues
in favor of guns tells me that they're more concerned with their anti-gun
agenda than saving kids.
Mark
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