Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Gun Photos
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sun Nov 30 00:41:50 2008
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I agree. Despite my feeling about guns, and even though British I am a  
country boy, brought up with them, the cat is well and truly out of  
the bag now, and it was never going to be possible to get rid of them.  
In almost all countries law and order came -after- guns were freely  
available.


On 30 Nov, 2008, at 02:53, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> The ultimate paradox is, if guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will  
> have them. No criminal is going to avoid using a gun for a robbery  
> or murder for fear that he might be caught with a gun. And even if  
> they were outlawed and the US managed to get ALL of them, out  
> borders are leaky enough that anyone in the drug trade will get them  
> immediately through those channels.
>
> Like the atomic bomb, it would be nice if this weren't an issue. In  
> the south, fireams are ubiquitous. I think that the best solution to  
> the issue would be to (like England) ban all handguns, with strict  
> descriptions of what constitutes handguns. Most people can defend  
> their house with a shotgun or rifle.
>
> About 15 years ago, Governor Mike Foster pushed legislation that  
> would enable just about anyone other than a felon to carry concealed  
> weapons. The left said that it would turn the state into the wild,  
> wild west. So far, it has been anything but. The shooters are still  
> the felons.
>
>
>
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