Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is a sensible article, Leo. Quite different from this morning's quote from Mike Huckabee, blaming the shooting on lack of God in schools.............. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Wesson" <leowesson at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Gun Control > As I was folding my 7 year olds clothes last night I had to fight back a > tear as I thought of a parent doing the same for a child who along with > 19 of her friends would no longer need those clothes. > > A well written article from our local paper. > > http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/15/4487753/school-killers-mom-made-irresponsible.html?storylink=addthis#.UM3mYCPPkll.twitter > > Leo Wesson > www.leowesson.com > > On Dec 15, 2012, at 23:18, David Ching <davidhhching1 at yahoo.com.sg> > wrote: > >> I suppose you use your hammers more often than guns. Or had improper >> training. Hence the smashed fingers. >> >> By the same logic, as you are more careful as you are with guns, you are >> less likely to shoot yourself or others by accident. Same goes for the >> hammers. >> >> BTW, guns are permitted by the authorities in Malaysia, Thailand and >> several other Asian countries for wild-life hunting especially in farmed >> lands. Will you really need guns to protect yourself from other humans >> assuming all the two-legged do not own guns? But only to get rid of >> dangerous animals? >> >> Despite certain civilians being allowed to have guns under strict rules, >> there has never been incidences of mass killings amongst the civilian >> populations here. Obviously guns are too easily available despite all >> measures of gun control in the USA. >> >> Interestingly it was the armed civilians of pre-Independent America who >> got rid of the English. But today, who are the armed citizenry of America >> trying to get rid off. The drug lords, the mafia, the school bullies? Arm >> the peace-keepers only. Let them do their jobs. Disarm everyone else, >> except farmers and the like. >> >> And let the rest of us shoot our cameras in peace. >> >> For the sake of our children, bite the bullet. >> >> David Ching >> >> H.P. Tel. no.: +84 904684321 (Vietnam) >> : +65 92321098 (Singapore) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >