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Originally posted by Dyanna:
kemp,
Maybe because this issue is personal to me is why I can say an outright ban on handguns would benefit society. And maybe it's because I don't care what you guys say, you can't convince me that banning handguns wouldn't save the lives of more CHILDREN.
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please explain why this issue is "personal to you" but not me. Also, children dying in cars had no choice either so please convince me that banning cars WON'T save children.
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Originally posted by Dyanna:
All I can do is speak from my own encounter
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what is your encounter?
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and also the experience of an in-law who has been running undercover DEA operations in Texas for 25 years. He's wholeheartedly for a ban on handguns - says that when a crime is taking place the fewer guns involved, the better. He says unless you are trained, and most people aren't, pulling a gun on a criminal who has a gun does nothing than pretty much guarantees that someone will get shot. Could be the criminal, could be the victim, and sometimes it's an innocent bystander.
[This message has been edited by Dyanna (edited 03-06-2001).]
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is your inlaw going to turn in HIS gun as well? if not his point is bullshit.
Also, please have him explain how I'm better off without a gun when a criminal has one?
The myth that an "officer of the law" is somehow more stable with his gun than any other adult is bull.