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Haha, yeah!  
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Interesting site - Thanks!
I'm always interested in finding new facts, and that's a good site. Not entirely accurate, but still a good source. Thank you, again! 
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Violent crimes such as texting in a movie theatre?
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Most gun crimes are committed with illegally possessed firearms. Slowing the issuance of gun permits would not decrease gun crimes.
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Entirely correct. Only decent citizens obey laws; criminals don't give a damn.
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Nor would it increase them.
The issue is a society awash with 'legal' guns, which makes it easy for criminals to get them. If my home in Australia was invaded, I'd grab an axe and take them on. In the USA, I'd assume they had a gun and hide under my bed.
Christian Graus
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Christian Graus wrote: The issue is a society awash with 'legal' guns
No, what's at issue is a society where we believe that the people are the final check on government power.
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I agree. The sheer idiocy of thinking that gun ownership is some sort of check on the government, is depressing in a people who show other signs of being intelligent. It's essentially a religion, something otherwise rational people believe blindly.
Christian Graus
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And you show signs of being intelligent, which I why I expected better than an ad-hominem attack.
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I guess you're right!
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*grin* and it's always good to remember that such things cut both ways.
Christian Graus
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I'm going to get flamed for this for sure, but I always fail to grasp the reason of carrying fire arms even after being thrown with countless arguments.
I can, to some degree, understand you have one at home, near your bedside eg.
But why on the street, in schools, or any public place for that matter?
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It's July 20, 2012 you're sitting in a movie theater in Aurora, CO and a gunman walks in and starts shooting, since you don't carry a weapon would you rather be sitting next to someone that had a gun or would you just hide and hope he either ran out of ammo, got tired or someone with a gun showed up?
In this day and time you don't know where danger lurks and if you're not ready for it you're a victim.
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See, we don't have that problem here ... 
Yes we do have a shooting, once every X years, we also have lunatics. But the number of crazy persons with a gun is lower in Europe. Much lower. I mean, compared to the States it's nearly non-existent. Hence we don't need a gun to protect ourselves (and it is difficult to get one, and if you do have one, it is illegal to take it with on the street)
But as I said it in my previous post I always fail to understand the arguments thrown at me. Perhaps (and probably) your argument is plain logic in your eyes. In mine it's pure lunacy.
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Doesn't matter if the luntaic has a gun, or just a fist he intends to pummel me with. Not gonna happen.
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And given that your society has made it easy for that person to get a gun, you're clearly not safe, and NEED to live as if it's the wild west.
Christian Graus
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In other news... it appears that I'll be in Havasu for the balloon festival this weekend.
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[edit] have fun!!!
btw: as "observer" or as "Ikarus"? [/edit]
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Balast.
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[sarcasm]take Advantage of looking at the earth from a distant Point of view...might relate some "licences"[/sarcasm]
no, honestly and then again, have fun!!
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Seriously, I volunteered to be on the ground crew for one of the balloons. My wife asked if I needed any special skills and I said that I just have to be heavy.
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That sounds delightful, but sadly I have to travel to the PRC this weekend to deal with issues involving the maternal unit. Have a great weekend!
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