| Guns were invented to kill people. Isn't it time for us | | | | land, to harm innocent people, then it leaves the |
| to move upward on the ladder of civilization and | | | | authorities no recourse but to eliminate these killers |
| admit that we are better off without them? Hand | | | | any way we can, including using guns. |
| guns have the advantage of being unnoticed in a | | | | Two hundred years ago citizens used guns to kill |
| crowd until the last minute. Rifles are so accurate | | | | animals for food and to protect themselves in a wild, |
| that the victim doesn't have a chance. Assault | | | | lawless country where danger was a way of life. The |
| weapons are the same as rifles with the added | | | | somewhat unclear portions of the Constitution that |
| feature of being able to kill more people faster. The | | | | gives people the right to bear arms is believed by |
| old ploy of gun lovers is that they need guns to | | | | many knowledgeable historians to refer to |
| protect themselves from other gun lovers. Gun clubs | | | | mercenaries and volunteer soldiers, not anybody. |
| exist to allow them to hit their targets better. Not | | | | There are many problems connected with the |
| having guns in the house would save the lives of | | | | removal of guns from the populace. One method |
| thousands of people, many being children. | | | | used by many communities is an offer by the police |
| Of course, facing reality, we know that guns wouldn't | | | | department to buy outright any guns brought in |
| disappear over night, even if the right legislation were | | | | without penalty to the 'owner'. This program has |
| passed. But a ban on the sale and private ownership | | | | proved successful but only partially effective. |
| of hand guns would be a start in the right direction. I | | | | (Allowing only one week of the year for this |
| concur that rifles could be useful to the police in a | | | | opportunity may have something to do with it.) I |
| situation where lives were at stake, as when a | | | | think that the price offered is much too little to |
| crazed killer is on the loose. But I can't think of any | | | | attract those people with guns who are afraid to |
| place guns have in the lives of teachers, students, | | | | bring them in for fear of reprisal. Laws could be |
| music lovers, and the rest of the peace loving world. | | | | passed to restrict the sale of rifles to duly appointed |
| I abhor war as much as anyone, but I believe that | | | | authority and a ban placed on the sale of hand guns |
| when criminals use force, ignoring the laws of the | | | | to the general populace. Just my opinion. |