On Jul 26, 7:50*pm, "Pete C." > wrote:
> graham wrote:
>
> > "spamtrap1888" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Jul 26, 12:04 pm, "graham" > wrote:
> > > "Pete C." > wrote in message
>
> > s.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?
>
> > Homicides are down to 11,500 a year, and most of those are by-product
> > of the illegal drug trade. I neither buy drugs nor sell them, nor do I
> > take them, so I don't feel responsible for drug industry deaths.
>
> Criminals killing other criminals is always a good thing.
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > So why do you need a gun?
>
> Recreation and safety, and of course exercising my constitutional right.
>
> For those who think my constitutional right should be infringed because
> my hobbies make you nervous, how about we require an expensive license,
> class and background check for you to be able to exercise your first
> amendment rights to more than 10 persons at a time? How about we require
> you to exercise that free speech with only one person allowed in the
> room at a time?

They don't have constitutional rights in Canada. What they have
instead is single-payer health care, and a VAT.