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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Okay, I'm here. I've been busy. Had to drive my mom to Wash. for the 2nd Amendment Sisters rally. First, I would like to state my opinion, obtained as a result of education in the many philosophy and logic courses I took in college, that polls are worth only slightly less than the paper they are printed on. A clever pollster can slant questions, or the sample, or use a certain climate, to create virtually any result desired. Also, the results of this poll do not take into account most Americans' startling ignorance (well, not SO startling, they were probably watching 'Friends' when the specials came on) of what 20,000 or so gun laws are already in place, or the enforcement rates / effectiveness (lack thereof) of the same. Every shooting that occurs now, every time a gun goes off in a non-legal manner, even when nobody is HIT, violates an average of 20 laws, some of which aren't even connected to guns. For instance: Discharging a weapon within city limits, violating noise ordinances, discharging a weapon in the commission of a crime, etc. etc. Most people who do the criminal shooting aren't legally in posession of the weapon in the FIRST place, so explain to me how it matters? (I suppose it would help in framing someone, though, steal their gun, use it, and leave it behind to be found by the cops who can then immediately trace it back to the owner) And as for the suggestion that US'ers (I'm trying to stop using 'Americans' since it confuses some of our less-brilliant members) are paranoid because they simultaneously proclaim their country the 'greatest' AND complain that their freedoms are being chipped away at by others... there is an old quote that "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance," and it is at least as true today as it ever was. And if you DON'T believe that there are folks out there, both here and abroad, who would be perfectly happy to have you under their thumb, believing only what they tell you to, doing only what they want you to, having only what rights and thoughts that THEY want you to... then, my friend, that makes YOU the delusional one. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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