John,
You are just looking to argue. Stop it please. This issue has nothing to
do with enviroethics.
Steve
>
> > > Handguns cannot be used to hunt animals here, so their only use is
> for
> > > self
> > > defense. Some people working in natural resources use handguns;
> however
> > > most
> > > people use 'pepper spray' and special rifles in the case where an
> animal
> > > may
> > > attack such as bears, or cougars.
> > >
> > > I have never heard of an animal or a child being killed with a
> handgun
> > > in
> > > Canada. I suspect that the rate of homicide or animal deaths due to
> > > handguns
> > > is neglible.
> >
> > Most children deaths due to firearms, from what I have read, are due
> to
> > accidents. Popular news stories aside, the idea of the gun blazing
> youths
> > are more myth than fact.
>
> Again another decoy opinion. In comparison with Canada, the rate in the
> US
> is stellar. In fact the US has the highest homicide rate in the world,
> and
> the greatest difference between the rich and the poor. There are 1.5
> million
> men in prison today in the US. That represents almost 3 to 5% of the
> adult
> male population. How many of these men own hand guns?
As for the last part. None of them do. It is idiotic to give prisoners
handguns.
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