graham wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> .com...
> >
> > sf wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:25:49 -0700 (PDT), Robert Miles
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > How many of the other 80% would have been hit by stray bullets,
> >> > possibly after they had gone through the original shooter?
> >> >
> >> > How many of the 20% would know when to stop shooting, rather than
> >> > starting to shoot at each other, and causing even more stray bullets?
> >>
> >> Better watch out. Logic is raising its ugly head and the gun nuts
> >> don't like it when that happens.
> >
> > Logic has nothing to do with any of the absurd babble coming from the
> > anti-gun crowd, it's all emotion based on lack of firearm knowledge.
> > It's rather akin to someone who has never even sat in an automobile
> > trying to comment on the operation of one.
>
> If Americans accept ~20,000 gun deaths per annum as an acceptable price for
> their right to bear arms, who are we to judge?

Very easy to accept when the majority of those dead are criminals who
have been killed by other criminals, police or civilians. Dead criminals
are always a good thing.