>In a message dated 9/21/2000 6:27:37 AM, afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
><< Why do you guys choose to live in such a dangerous place and deal with it
>by making it more dangerous?
>Andrew >>
>
>Andrew, you deserve a less flippant answer than my last one.
>
Point taken - and a much more reasonable response than what happened on
another list. I can understand the fascination with guns - it's like the
fascination with cameras (machines as art) and I always seem to bite on
this issue.
It's just that we here in Aus. have a very similar society to yours and we
mostly manage without them. You live in fear of violence and choose to
protect yourself with a form of violence as have many of your compatriots.
Consequently, you seem to have created a violent, dangerous and fearful
culture.
I'm not a pacifist, although I will admit to being a pinko greenie
tree-hugger, and I have used a firearm for hunting and target, but I can
see no place for a handgun in a home or in the pocket of a civilian in my
society. I recommend it.
Andrew
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