-=> Jimmy Anderson wrote to Weatherman <=-
DW> Yes, this is true. There are some cities that probably have a "mass
DW> shootings" worth of people, and then some, shot and killed each day by
DW> handguns.
We> Suffice it to say more people are killed by handguns each year than by
We> rifles of any time.
We> Suicides account for more firearms related deaths each year than any
We> other. Rifles of any type are seldom utilized in suicide attempts.
We> The problem is not the gun. The problem is the cheapening of human
We> life. The cheapening of human life is a direct reflection of the
We> society in which we live.
JA> Agreed! And unless something has changed, more people are killed each
JA> year by 'fist and foot' than guns anyway...
JA> ... <A>bort <R>etry <D>o what I mean!!!
Nothing has changed, hand-and-foot still outpaces firearms. And don't forget
that the lowly handgun accounts for far more deaths than that scary and
deadly-looking AR-15 (or ANY rifle forthat matter).
... Got my tie caught in the fax... Suddenly I was in L.A.
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