Comments on: Why Citizens Should Not Have Guns http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2008/02/14/why-citizens-should-not-have-guns/ a witty tagline explaining that I write mostly anything I feel on here so you've been warned: caveat lector Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: richard http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2008/02/14/why-citizens-should-not-have-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-3453 richard Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:42:58 +0000 http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2008/02/14/why-citizens-should-not-have-guns/#comment-3453 But they didn't. That's why 21 were shot and what, 5, died? The law as it stands in the US is fine, except that not everyone feels that way. Many feel that by not owning a firearm, they are not contributing to the violent culture, but that does not preclude them from becoming part of it by being a victim of it. It may be a right (and a valuable one), but unexercised by the majority it becomes a liability in the hands of the minority. (and yes, I lived in the US for 10 years, and yes, I owned several guns) But they didn’t. That’s why 21 were shot and what, 5, died?

The law as it stands in the US is fine, except that not everyone feels that way. Many feel that by not owning a firearm, they are not contributing to the violent culture, but that does not preclude them from becoming part of it by being a victim of it.

It may be a right (and a valuable one), but unexercised by the majority it becomes a liability in the hands of the minority.

(and yes, I lived in the US for 10 years, and yes, I owned several guns)

]]> By: John Pusinsky http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2008/02/14/why-citizens-should-not-have-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-3452 John Pusinsky Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:08:58 +0000 http://www.richarddows.co.uk/2008/02/14/why-citizens-should-not-have-guns/#comment-3452 A crazy or the hidden whackos who suddenly snap will use a gun, knife, sword, axe, bomb, fire or what ever is available on hand to kill with. If one of the students hand a gun in that lecture hall maybe the shooter's body count would be a lot lower than it was. Private ownership of guns is a basic right of every American. When we lose that right we lose our liberty. A crazy or the hidden whackos who suddenly snap will use a gun, knife, sword, axe, bomb, fire or what ever is available on hand to kill with. If one of the students hand a gun in that lecture hall maybe the shooter’s body count would be a lot lower than it was. Private ownership of guns is a basic right of every American. When we lose that right we lose our liberty.

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