WaIIy wrote:
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:50:46 -0500, prodigal1 wrote:


think about the nature of American society in this day and age -everyone
worried about someone robbing them, invading their homes, "terrorizing"
them- you've been cultured to fear the "other" -you feel you have to
protect yourself at all times- as a result many of you feel it okay to
have unlimited access to guns-guns-guns and then stand there with
uncomprehending looks on your faces when nice people get hurt with guns.


Your assumptions are insulting and quite disingenuous, not to mention
incorrect.

Why don't you hop down off the high horse there Wally and try responding
to the points I've made?
I can't help you if you refuse to accept that you Americans are being
conditioned to live in fear. I have the advantage of watching you from
the outside as an interested third-party observer untainted by the
propaganda that passes for news in your fair land. I don't hate guns or
gun owners or Americans. I just think it's naive to think that having
one is going to make you safer. In fact, American's love of guns is one
of the reasons I lobby my MP's to introduce mandatory inspection of
_all_ vehicles entering Canada from the States for illegal weapons. Your
crime rates prove that unrestricted gun availability is a dangerous set
of circumstances that leads to tragedy on a daily basis in your country.
Other people choose not to live that way. Why do you choose to live
that way?