Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, Me too, I'd much rather discuss Leicas, cameras, lens, enlargers and what's new in digital imaging. Regards, Greg frank theriault wrote: >Hi, Greg, > >Well, suffice to say that while we may agree on a few points, I strongly disagree with >much of what you say. > >That being said, all I was trying to say in my previous post is that saying "guns cause >crimes" is as facile and meaningless as "guns prevent crimes". > >I shouldn't have sent that post, as this is a Leica list, and Guns and Gun Control >really needn't be discussed. I allowed my emotions to get the better of me, and >hopefully I won't let that happen on this list again. > >So that's it for me on the subject of Guns and Gun Control. > >thanks, >frank > >"Greg J. Lorenzo" wrote: > > > >>Well Frank, I don't know about elsewhere, but the asinine one billion >>dollar Gun Registry (i.e. Gun Control) boondoggle that was recently >>imposed upon the 99% law abiding gun owners in Canada by the most recent >>estimate has created over one half million new criminals west of the >>Ontario border alone. People in rural areas and smaller centres in >>Western Canada use guns to legally hunt, for varmint control on their >>farms and ranches or simply for target practice or to shoot skeet. Many >>native Canadians, Metis and some rural peoples' use firearms in this >>country to put food on their table. >> >>This new Gun Registry has not proven to save a single life, reduce >>crime in any measurable way and it certainly has not keep illegal guns >>out of the hands of violent criminals who aren't going to register their >>guns and would never have legally obtained a gun permit under the >>previously stringent laws on hand guns and other conceal able firearms. >> >>It is considered by most Canadians, gun owners or not, as the single >>largest waste of one billion dollars ever made in Canada and that is >>saying something in a country which has been run since the days of >>Lester Pearson by a revolving cast of clowns. Same damn circus, >>different clowns! >> >>There is no question that access to hand guns and certain other firearms >>needs to be regulated and restricted. Firearms within someone's home >>need to be properly stored and locked away with ammunition locked away >>in a separate location, but we had all of that long in place in Canada >>and it is and was working as intended. Large cities would be wise to >>seriously restrict or ban outright the ownership and storage of certain >>firearms within their city limits and I believe most people would >>support these type of measures but the Canadian Gun Registry is nothing >>but an incredibly expensive joke being paid for by the very people who >>don't want it! >> >>BTW, here in Alberta far and away knives and not guns are the weapon of >>choice in bar fights, streetlights and domestic violence. If every gun >>and knife in the country was to disappear in an instant people would use >>clubs, rocks and hockey sticks when they intended to harm someone. >> >>Regards, >> >>Greg >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> > >-- >"Jazz is about capturing the moment" >-Herbie Hancock > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html