From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Thu May 27 1999 - 06:58:08 MDT
Joe E. Dees [joedees@bellsouth.net] wrote:
>Just because you already have an avalanche is no reason not to
>stop adding snow.
Joe, you should really take a look at gun sale statistics sometime. You know
what? You can tell when any new disarmament laws were passed, because they're
followed by a big peak in sales as people rush out to buy more guns before
they're banned. Anti-gun laws drive new gun sales in the US.
>Many gun nuts were bullied when they were kids, and now widely
>advertize their packing of "equalizers" as a compensatory reaction,
>even though the need for protection from physical threat is much
>smaller in day-to-day adult life than it is for schoolkids.
Joe also said, in an earlier message:
>The very same tactic the Inquisitionists, Nazis and antiabortionists
>use: First demonize those who disagree with you, call them villains
>and consciousless subhumans; then you can feel righteous pride
>when you kill them, rather than guilt or shame.
Feeling that righteous pride yet, Joe?
Mark
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