On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:16:23 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:07:21 -0700, jps penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:54:42 -0400, wrote:
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|On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:25:11 -0400, H the K
|wrote:
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|On 7/22/09 9:11 PM, Gene wrote:
| On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:08:54 -0700, wrote:
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| Oh for ****'s sake Gene, you're assuming whomever is weidling the
| knife is an expert.
|
| Flawed logic.
|
| The guy in this case obviously meant to kill both women but left one
| alive. Sound like a knife expert to you? Neither of the women were
| armed from what I understand.
|
| Any dweeb with two hands and an arse can put a bullet through
| someone's skull at close range. What's the chance of survival?
|
| And I suppose merely being in possession of a gun somehow imbues the
| wielder with magical powers of perfect aim......
|
|At 10 feet with a target the size of an adult human and some
|considerable experience handling and shooting firearms?
|
|You don't need perfect aim, just "decent" aim.
|
|I suppose you haven't seen those police dash camera pictures where
|trained police officers fire lots of ammo without hitting anyone.
|What you can do on the range may not translate to what you can do in
|bad light, when you are not really prepared and under more than a
|little stress.
|
|We're talking about knives vs. guns. In the same circumstances, the
|knife is going to be just as difficult to handle as a deadly weapon as
|a gun.

I think you have finally argued full circle. In order for a knife to
be an effective weapon, the wielder must be expert and, by your own
admission, a gun is just as difficult to handle as a knife.

Therefore, for a gun to be an effective weapon, the wielder must be an
expert.

Now, maybe you are ready to understand the next logical step, "Weapons
don't kill people, people kill people." Once there, perhaps you'll be
ready to develop effective strategies to stop violence. Historically,
something no amount of "take the weapons away" legislation has
done....

You don't have to be an expert with a gun to kill someone from 10 or
15 feet. You'd certainly have to be an expert with a knife or any
other sharp instrument from 10 or 15 feet.

I'm sure that doesn't make any sense to an NRA supporter.