Re: columbine
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:02:38 +1000
> I agree with Will, guns are
> not a necessity. Give them up.
>
> Morgan
I agree 100%. You can't argue entirely that it's because America's a young
nation, or because of its race problems, because those are the same
problems we have in Australia and more - but there's one thing that we
don't have, and that's America's antediluvian gun laws. I hear people from
the gun lobby say `well, you want to ban guns? Why not ban knives, too?
They kill people.' To which I argue: knifes cut steak and butter bread.
Guns are killing machines, plain and simple. When I went to America and saw
people openly walking around with guns in holsters, my blood ran cold. I
thought `What if I were to get you angry? Or if I happened to be in the way
when you were angry?' It's not fair that I should be in a sense placing my
life in the hands of a complete stranger like that. People in America have
to know that the Second Amendment does *not* say: anyone can have a gun. It
says: organised militas who are fighting off the English can have guns.
It's just so anachronistic, it's unbelievable. As I see it, this matter
will only ever end at the supreme court if someone is able to prove the
fallacy of this amendment. And with a tragedy like this, there is nothing
to stop those people who have lost their children and friends to take a
class action suit out about it.
Camille
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