Stupid people drive cars every where I go and most accidents with cars are
caused by stupidity, ie: failing to slow down on wet pavement, following too
close, ect. Can we just get stupid people out of cars? We'd certainly save
lives and health, and property damage. Can we pass enough saft regulations?

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: another shooting

I'm a gun control advocate generally speaking, not because outlawing guns
would make it harder for criminals to get guns - it doesn't - but because
stupid people legally get guns and stupidly kill others through avoidable
accidents.  I don't think we have enough gun safety requirements in place.

That's not an issue here, though, because you're right, whether you have a
gun
to defend yourself or not would not be a factor in whether you could defend
yourself against the sniper.  You can't.  It's that simple and that's what's
so scary.

Kat

> As much as I admire and respect your opinions,
> Kat, I really can't fathom
> how additional firearms legislation is going to
> help--now or in the future.
> Does this man, or any criminal for that matter,
> give a damn about THE LAW?
> Especially when the laws already on the books
> are unenforced, under-enforced
> or plea-bargained into impotence.  I know it's
> an old wheeze, but there's
> truth in the saying that "when you outlaw guns,
> only outlaws will have
> guns"--at least in our American culture.