[Drew68]

I didn't think a "Barf Alert" was necessary since this is a VPC press release and the title pretty much gives away that it has a Barf Factor of 100%

I hope this hasn't been posted. I did a search on "handguns" and couldn't find this article.

Bon Apetite!

[Drew68]

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[coloradan]

America's gun violence problem will not be solved by licensing and registration, trigger locks, or lamentations over the evil in men's hearts.

Well, we agree there. Bravo on the no licensing and registration! And the lamentations don't work, you gotta keep evil ones in jail, whether you lament evil or not.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Every Handgun Is Aimed at You

Not the ones I'm holding.

[copycat]

Each year handguns claim more than 20,000 American lives in suicides, homicides, and unintentional shootings.

Anybody know how many lives are SAVED by handguns each year?

[goldstategop]

The gun banners have finally shed the pretense that all they seek is "reasonable" gun control. They want to ban private ownership of guns period as their book and new web site make clear.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Handguns and Self-Defense;

I don't the VPC's book will have a very long chapter dedicated to that subject.

[Dan from Michigan]

That a boy Sugarmann, you just keep talking.

[Sword_Svalbardt]

Sounds like the standard liberal swill to me. Nothing fancy, just the standard contiuous montone monologue. Hoping to catch somebody's ear when they are weakest, or misinformed.

When the guns are gone, will they put a hold on axes, knives, hammers, garrottes, etc. Maybe even a hold on terrorist flown airplanes, eh the constitution!? Get my drift?

Sword

[Mark Turbo]

Josh Sugarmann? I don't think so.

[timm22]

This has got to be a joke, or a hoax. Time and time again, I have heard the major gun control organizations tell me that they are NOT gun-grabbers intent on outlawing gun ownership. All they want is "common-sense" gun control.

I mean, come on, ol' Josh Sugarmann and Sarah Brady wouldn't lie, would they?

[Dimensio]

Each year handguns claim more than 20,000 American lives in suicides, homicides, and unintentional shootings

1) I'd like to see a source for that.

2) If I have a handgun and shoot someone in a clear case of self-defense, it is still a "homocide". It's a justifiable homocide and I likely won't face criminal charges over it, but it's still by definition a homocide. Of course most people equate homocide with criminal act, so a person with no intellectual honesty might present a number of "homocides" without regard to whether or not they were justifiable as "proof" that guns are responsible for some number of crimes.

[VRWC_Member428]

Rodney the Rapist says: "Yes, we should ban handguns! After all, they were banned in England. And as a result, my line of work has become far less dangerous."

VPC Launches New Web Site, www.bancarsnow.org, in Conjunction With Release of Paperback Edition of Latest Book, Every Car Is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Cars

WASHINGTON, DC—In conjunction with release of the paperback edition of its most recent book, Every Car is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Cars (The New Press, 2001), the Violence Policy Center (VPC) today launched a new citizen-action web site, www.bancarsnow.org. Each year cars claim more than 31,000 American lives in suicides, vehicular homicides, and unintentional wrecks. The unique qualities that make cars ideally suited for violent death and injury—speed coupled with following too close—are illustrated daily on American highways.

Josh Sugarmann, VPC executive director and author of the book, states, "The single bloody thread that runs through our nation's car death and injury crisis is the easy accessibility we allow our citizens to the most lethal categories of machinery, with automobieles at the top of the list. After each horrific wreck a predictable pattern emerges, we quickly look for a loophole to be plugged, a limited law that could be better enforced, or other `common sense' solutions, while never stepping back to look at the big picture: the free flow of motor vehicles—and in particular cars—in our nation. America's car violence problem will not be solved by licensing and registration, the Club, or lamentations over the evil of alcohol. Tragic wrecks are America's future until we eliminate cars, the tools that make such violence possible."

The new VPC web site—which contains studies, analyses, survey data, and useful links—will be updated continuously. Bancarsnow.org is launched with the recognition that more than 30 percent of the American public supports a ban on cars, with this number rising to as high as 50 percent in the wake of horrific wrecks. Adds Sugarmann, "Our goal is simple: to engage and activate dedicated vehicle control supporters. Bancarsnow.org will give voice to vehicle control advocates who have grown weary of limited half-measures that may offend few, but fail to accomplish much."

Every Car is Aimed at You: The Case For Banning Cars covers a wide range of issues in 10 chapters, including: An Introduction to Cars; The History of Cars; Cars and Suicide; Cars and Self-Defense; Cars and Crime; Cars and Women drivers; Cars and Youth; Cars and Minorities; Cars in Public; and, The Case for Banning Cars. The book is available at bookstores nationwide.

[Waco]

Guns serve the felons quite well. Why encourage everyone to have one???

[hattend]

where yesterday eight were killed and 19 wounded by a French citizen wielding a legally possessed handgun

I don't know if they have a round limit over in France but I would assume this guy had to reload anywhere from 2 to 6 times for 27 shots (assuming 100% hit rate). Imagine if just one of those French victims had been armed.

[thepitts]

e-mail the VPC info@vpc.org

[School of Rational Thought]

"After each horrific shooting a predictable pattern emerges" Yes, civil liberties decline and criminals are empowered. The pattern is abundantly clear in UK, Cananda, Australia and New Zealand. "while never stepping back to look at the big picture" Duh!

[scholar]

I live in Indiana where concealed carry is legal with a permit. Have a female friend who was going to be attacked by a male as a result of a road rage incident. She tried talking him down, but when he continued to threaten her, she pulled out her gun. Funny thing, the big, brave @$$hole who was threatening a woman backed down real quick. Maybe he won't be so quick to threaten other folks--bullies only understand one thing.

[dbwz]

This has always been their goal. They just haven't been as obvious about it publicly over the past couple years. I wonder why they think this is an appropriate time to launch this?

[Mikey]

To all you anti American communistic gun grabbing scum, read the following;

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Woman's Best Friend? A Warm Gun

"A woman shot and killed an armed man who broke into her West Seattle home and began beating her roommate early yesterday morning."

- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/26/02

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Just think if you anti American communistic gun grabbing scum had your way, that woman's roommate would either be dead or severely screwed up.

ALL OF YOU THAT WANT TO DISARM THE REST OF US,

KMA.

[asformeandformyhouse]

Maybe we should start our own website:

www.rapeandkillwithimpunity.org