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"80 percent of the homicides in the District being caused by guns"
Why is it that I've never heard of a case where a gun was convicted of homicide? Do 80% of the homicides in DC go without convictions? You don't suppose that those crimes were actually committed by criminals... who happened to select a firearm as a tool while committing those crimes... No, couldn't be. It's the gun's fault.
What inanimate object committed the other 20% of murders? Knives? Clubs? Sticks? I suppose once we've banned firearms, we'll have to go after these other objects. That's what England is doing now, I see. Guns are already banned, murder rate is still rising, so we'll ban knives.
You know, there are far more people killed each year in automobile accidents than by firearms. Why is it that we are banning guns, when the automobile is so much more of a threat? Of course, cars are useful for things other than killing people. I suppose, in your view, guns are not. You know, of all the guns in my safe, my vehicle, and my holster, not one has ever killed a person, or an animal, for that matter. Must be dysfunctional.
Thanks for laying out your hoplophobic point of view for us so clearly.
Chris Midkiff
Jul 11, 2008, 10:09:00 PM
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