"Topp@Work" wrote:
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> "America the Beautiful" wrote in message
> news:jQY2i.20$S03.3@newsfe12.lga...
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>>> Define "proper responsible gun control", preferably something
>>> that doesn't violate the standard interpretation of an individual right
> to
>>> keep and bear arms.
>>
>> What does handgun control have to do with your right to bear arms?
>> Nothing. What makes you think the second amendment states you have the
>> right to carry concealed weapons?
>
> 2nd Amendment. "Keep and bear arms".
>
>>
>>> Remember that there are 60 million guns owners in the
>>> U.S owning at least 260 million guns. They have a remarkable safety
> record
>>> with about 1,000 accidental deaths attributed to firearms.
>>
>> Is that guns or more specifically handguns?
>>
>>> The 12-13,000 homicides each year are mostly bad guys killing other bad
>>> guys,
>>
>> With handguns
>
> 42,000 died in highway accidents last year. ban highways.
>
>>
>>> Remember that the "reasonable gun control" of Canada cost Canadian
> taxpayers
>>> over 2 billion dollars and the scheme still isn't complete. And
> Australia's
>>> gun buy-back has cost the taxpayers there a comparable amount.
>>
>> but you can see that other countries see a problem, but not you.
>
> We came here to get away from other countries and their Nanny governm,ents
> of monarchies and dictatorships.
> Thats why the US is here.
Britain and Europe of 1776 can hardly be called "Nanny Governments".
The US of the last 50-60 years, on the other hand, has demonstrated over
and over that it supports and imposes Feudal Monachies and repressive
dictatorships on nations that dare to ask for freedoms and democracies.