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http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...=knockdown.flv
All I can say is.......dam!

Here's the handgun, sans the special sight.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...us/x-five1.jpg
Are you an NRA member?

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No, he is anti hand gun formerly.


It is amazing how people's attitude change when they decide they
want to
own or use what they formally wanted to ban.
For me, the converse is also true, especially with cigarettes.
Cigarettes are nasty. But they are a legal drug and people ought
to have
some freedom of choice. Limit where they can smoke in public
places, but as
long as the rest of us do not have to pay for their habit, let
them smoke.
Disclaimer: I do own a decent part of Altria, but do not smoke.

We do pay for much of the results of their habits. I had pneumonia
(sp?)
twice, and even spent some time in the hospital with it. I couldn't
tell
you the number of times I went to the doc with bronchitis, not to
mention
the problems with teeth and gums caused by cigarettes. As I was in
the
military, *we* paid for it with our taxes.

I don't propose making cigarettes illegal, but I'd be in favor of
making
them much harder to acquire, especially for minors. It's very sad
driving
by the high schools and seeing the groups of kids puffing away just
off
school property.
Tell me - just out of curiosity - which costs Americans more in
terms
of dollars - cigarettes or drunk drivers.

Think about it first before you answer.
My guess would be cigarettes. Most drunk drivers don't cost Americans
anything, unless they're involved in an accident or put behind bars.
I'm
guessing that only a small percent of those who have driven drunk
have had
an accident or been caught. I know I never was!
You would be wrong. It's almost two to one in terms of dollars.
I would guess that it is a lot greater number than that. Overall,
smoking does not cost the non smoking taxpayer anything.
Huh?


Studies show that cigarettes bring in a lot more money in taxes than are
paid out in health care costs. And smokers die a few years earlier than
non smokers, so there is less Social Security and Medicare paid out.
Very simple equation.


What studies?

Google it. Studies on all the effects of smoking. This mornings paper has
an article about the guy who got most of smoking banned in public places.
Says the people are going overboard now. Against the American way of as
long as you do no harm to others it is ok. The banning of smoking
everywhere is going that way.