[harpseal]

Bang

[ibbryn]

Articles such as this raise the bar on the pro-anti gun discussion. Rather than simply responding to the antis arguments (When guns are outlawed...If the victims had had a gun...A revolver will kill just as fast as a semi-auto, etc.) this moves the point of discussion.

The pro gunners should be asking the anti's questions such as "How can you impose prior restraint...what right do you have to change the status quo...do you have a study showing your legislation will reduce crime...how does your legislation conflict with the Constutition...would you ban my gun if I could use it to save just one life?"

[Fee]

For me the issue is simple. BAN ALL GUNS WILL NOT STOP GUN VIOLENCE. If we can achieve the VPC's desire of banning the manufacture of guns in US except for military and state arsenals, the criminal element still needs guns to survive. They will be willing to pay up $ 2000 for a cheap semi-auto handgun and organized crime will be willing to add illicit foreign guns to the list of items already being smuggled into this country (i.e illegal immigrants, drugs, exotic birds and etc). What will happen is criminals will now be armed and the law abiding citizen is unarmed and at their mercy. WHY CAN'T LIBERAL COLLEGE EDUCATED PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT!!!!

[George Smiley]

Great article.

The nerve of those people.

BTW, see that you're hawking The Skeptical Environmentalist on enterstageright.

I'm reading it now and it's got more ammunition for composting environmentalist radical BS than any other one book I've ever read.

[BlessingInDisguise]

*bump* for great article.