Re: Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 8/30/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
>
> > So, given that I can't stop people from becoming criminals, I rather like
> > the idea of making it substantially more difficult for them to murder.
> > Sure, if you could magically disappear all guns, people would still hit
> > each other with bricks. But it's a lot harder to murder with a brick, than
> > with a gun.
>
> 1) You have obviously never been hit over the head with a brick.
>
> 2) Lets say fewer guns DID reduce the murder rate (there's not a
> single fact showing it, but this is for pretend purposes). Now,
> instead of 4 million people murdered only 2 million are. Of those 2
> million dead, how many might you and your law be responsible for? As I
> said, until this nirvana of zero guns is reached, innocent will die
> without even the opportunity to defend themselves - which is morally
> reprehensible.
 
A reduction in the murder numbers of two million sounds pretty desirable.
Go for it!

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