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   "Bill Smith"  wrote in message   
   news:tfh5s4hvg25iriq9kd2j0m3epkrgkv71qh@4ax.com...   
   > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:09:29 +1100, "Blinky Bill"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>"Bill Smith"  wrote in message   
   >>news:l755s4hgt6j2mag1a42665p1eba881ute4@4ax.com...   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Blinky bill and Trevor have this peculiar idea that if you rid the world   
   >>>>of firearms you miraculously stop mans inhumanity to man and there will   
   >>>>be no more homicide  or suicide.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Just like the world we had before they were invented. Won't that be   
   >>> just peachy.   
   >>   
   >>Brilliantly constructed strawman and well destroyed.   
   >   
   > It was actually sarcasm, I've never heard of anything being un   
   > invented.   
      
   It was an extension to the strawman about ridding the world of guns.   
      
   >The bad guys have guns and they always will. They are a   
   > necessary tool of the trade   
      
   Rubbish - plenty of criminals don't own guns, so they aren't necessary.   
      
   > and they will find a way to get them no matter what.   
      
   Very likely - but it is just plain stupid to make it easy for them by   
   failing to secure the guns adequately. and plain stupid to allow untracked   
   sales.   
      
   >The criminal misuse of firearms is here to stay whether   
   > they can be legally owned or not.   
      
   And there are countries in the world where misuse is restricted to a very   
   low   
   level compared to the US.   
      
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