Re: [NTLK] OT: Guns don't kill people, iPods do (was Whose going to have 30GB...)

From: Matthew Reidsma (junkmail_at_reidsrow.com)
Date: Tue May 06 2003 - 13:39:43 PDT


>
> On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 09:38 AM, Matthew Reidsma wrote:
>
> > i dont believe that guns kill people, people kill
> > people. just because the gun can >be used to kill a person doesnt
> > mean that
> > it has to be used for that. ....
> >
> > And pray tell what it is to be used for besides killing? Baking a cake?
> > Leveling the couch? That argument just doesn't hold water...
> >
> > -msr
> >
>
> Well, many folks use guns for hunting game (which is NOT killing
> people). and lots of other folks, including myself, use them for target
> shooting (again, NOT killing people).
> I don't hunt myself, but I have friends who do, and they supply me with
> "deer burger", which is very low in fat content. Something that's
> important to heart patients such as myself.
> So yes, there ARE other uses for guns besides killing other people!
> BTW, you can kill folks with cars and baseball bats, but I don't see
> anyone trying to outlaw driving to baseball games............. ;-)

Read carefully: What are guns used for besides killing? Not just people,
killing. And don;t even strat trying to tell us that they invented guns so
that we could shoot at tin cans in our back yards...

-msr

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