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The sniper and the gun controllers
Washington Times ^ | 10/20/2002 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 10/22/2002 5:09:20 AM PDT by Joe Brower

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:58:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

It was perhaps inevitable that the recent sniper killings in the Washington area suburbs would be seized upon by advocates of gun control. Like so much in the agenda of the political left, gun control arguments would collapse like a house of cards if people just stopped to think through what is being said, instead of being swept along by emotional rhetoric.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; blooddancers; guncontrol; guns; leftistagenda; leftmedia; rkba; snipershootings
God bless Thomas Sowell.


1 posted on 10/22/2002 5:09:21 AM PDT by Joe Brower
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2 posted on 10/22/2002 5:09:41 AM PDT by Joe Brower
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Kind of strange that Maryland with all the gun control laws that it has is the location of most of the killings. Proving that gun control laws really work.
3 posted on 10/22/2002 5:28:08 AM PDT by Piquaboy
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To: Piquaboy
Recidivism of prisoners 1994: REPEAT OFFENDERS

The habit of releasing prisoners early is MORE dangerous than ALL our guns. Know the stats and USE THEM on the gun grabbers!

Petitions objecting to killers being released early THROW AWAY THE KEYS

4 posted on 10/22/2002 5:35:37 AM PDT by GailA
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To: GailA
Yes, the gun-grabbers NEED crime in order to keep the emotional hysteria at a fever pitch.

This enables them to continue to criminalize the symptoms while they spread the disease.


5 posted on 10/22/2002 5:39:52 AM PDT by Joe Brower
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To: Joe Brower
Gun control will not keep the criminals from having guns. It just might be some citizen with a gun who will stop the DC sniper.
6 posted on 10/22/2002 5:40:02 AM PDT by Dante3
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