Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.theonion.com/articles/right-to-own-handheld-device-that-shoots-deadly-me,30742/ In Vino Verison Douglas _________ Douglas Barry Bray, Co. Wicklow Republic of Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon.streeter" <jon.streeter at cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Gun control > The NRA is an organization composed of and funded by members, people who > believe in their right to keep and bear arms. Its size, wealth, and power > is related to the well-funded and relentless efforts of the gun > confiscation people. The NRA promotes gun safety, something most of the > mainstream-media audience has not been told. During WWI, the NRA insisted > upon marksmanship training for the military, something the military > establshment thought was unnecessary. > > I think everyone knows the difference between a movie shooting and a real > one. If amy skewed views are being communicated, it's by news media which > report only the sensational tragedies and not the non-news of "the > would-be victim displayed a handgun, and the mugger or rapist or armed > robber ran away" (which happens in the majority of defensive gun uses). > > If you don't like guns, you do not have to buy one. In one town in the > South a law was passed requiring all adults to buy a firearm. Though it > was not enforced, being something of a tongue-in-cheek measure, the crime > rate went way, way down. In D.C. after the Heller decision by the US > Supreme Court overturned the complete ban on ownership of handguns even in > the home, the violent crime rate dropped 10%. Who wants to see it go back > up? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Pho;,,,jne > > ----- Reply message ----- >>From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Gun control > Date: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 6:03 am > > > i think you are right > > with luck though, we will get a reinstatement of assault weapons ban > > only a nip and tuck here and there over a long period of time may help the > insanity of our laws > > i blame much of out fascination on the western movie culture many fed on > they really believe all the trash of that ilk--that good guys can shoot > the pistol out of the bad guys hand and save the day > they have not actually learned to handle a handgun and relaized how > impossible that control is > > ric > > > On Dec 15, 2012, at 1:47 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> Most European countries have those rights and more. >> >> But anyway, it is a useless debate. The NRA has too much political power >> and the gun culture is too deeply ingrained in the US for anything to >> change. There will be outrage and sorrow for a few days, but it will die >> down and our collective attention will move on to something else. >> >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >