[Leica] Gun Control

[leowesson at gmail.com (Leo Wesson)]

As I was folding my 7 year olds clothes last night I had to fight back a 
tear as I thought of a parent doing the same for a child who along with  19 
of her friends would no longer need those clothes.  

A well written article from our local paper. 

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/15/4487753/school-killers-mom-made-irresponsible.html?storylink=addthis#.UM3mYCPPkll.twitter

Leo Wesson
www.leowesson.com

On Dec 15, 2012, at 23:18, David Ching <davidhhching1 at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:

> I suppose you use your hammers more often than guns. Or had improper 
> training. Hence the smashed fingers.
> 
> By the same logic, as you are more careful as you are with guns, you are 
> less likely to shoot yourself or others by accident. Same goes for the 
> hammers.
> 
> BTW, guns are permitted by the authorities in Malaysia, Thailand and 
> several other Asian countries for wild-life hunting especially in farmed 
> lands. Will you really need guns to protect yourself from other humans 
> assuming all the two-legged do not own guns? But only to get rid of 
> dangerous animals? 
> 
> Despite certain civilians being allowed to have guns under strict rules, 
> there has never been incidences of mass killings amongst the civilian 
> populations here. Obviously guns are too easily available despite all 
> measures of gun control in the USA.
> 
> Interestingly it was the armed civilians of pre-Independent America who 
> got rid of the English. But today, who are the armed citizenry of America 
> trying to get rid off. The drug lords, the mafia, the school bullies? Arm 
> the peace-keepers only. Let them do their jobs. Disarm everyone else, 
> except farmers and the like.
> 
> And let the rest of us shoot our cameras in peace. 
> 
> For the sake of our children, bite the bullet. 
> 
> David Ching
> 
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