Subj : Re: Gun Insurance
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Weatherman
Date : Sat Jul 16 2022 02:00 am

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

 >  DW> Yes, this is true.  There are some cities that probably have a
 >  DW> "mass shootings" worth of people, and then some, shot and killed
 >  DW> each day by handguns.

 > Definitely true.  Chicago probably tops that list.  The city with the
 > strictest gun laws anywhere.  What they forget is that criminals don't
 > obey laws.

 DW> I really don't understand how someone like me can explain that to
 DW> someone who seems to be able to follow logic and seems to be resonably
 DW> intelligent, yet they won't understand it.  IMHO, some of them just
 DW> think that guns are scary and we are better off with less of them, but
 DW> the "criminals don't obey laws" logic should be equally as scary.

The plain and simple truth of the matter is this.  Firearms (of ANY type) are
inert, inanimate objects.  In and of themselves, they are incapable of any
actions including actions of criminal and violent intent.

Placed in the hands of an evil and malevolent individual, guns are capable of
being used to commit acts of violence.  Then again, placed in the hands of a
malevolent individual, fertilizer and kerosene can be used to commit acts of
violence. Placed in the hands of a malevolent individual, castor beans can be
used to commit acts of violence.  Placed in the hands of a malevolent
individual a motor vehicle has proven to be able to be used in lethal acts of
violence.

The common thread?  The malevolent individual.  Perhaps we should concentrate
more on the acts and the intent more than the tools that are used...

Regards...


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