On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:31:43 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:03:47 -0700, jps penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:44:39 -0700, "mgg" wrote:
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|"jps" wrote in message
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| On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:42:22 -0700, "Calif Bill"
| wrote:
|SNIP
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| What are you talking about?
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| Killing yourself is against the law in most states. In a few states
| you can take your life if you're terminally ill.
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|OK, so the *real* problem was the suicide, not the gun...right? People kill
|themselves every day, just because a gun is involved doesn't make it any
|worse. It would be worse if the used the gun on someone else before
|themselves. More people commit suicide by jumping off bridges, than guns.
|Should we ban bridges?
|
|--Mike
|
|My point is that guns are a far more effective means of killing than
|most other methods. There are a gaggle of gun advocates in this very
|newsgroup who consistently argue that a knife, a screwdriver or a
|pencil is just as effective at killing and I call bull****.
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|This story is just one example of how effective guns are at killing
|when other methods aren't nearly as deadly. You can't do equivalent
|damage to someone with a knife from 10 feet as you can a gun, unless
|you're a circus performer or lumberjack.

The point is, she didn't do it at 10 feet.... so she obviously didn't
need a gun. Most women that commit suicide do not use violent means.
Why don't you champion eliminating all of the things they use?

Or do you have some sort of strange gun fetish?

Yes, I have a gun fetish but not of a sexual nature.

The US has been stupid about controlling guns, their sale and rampant
availability.

Countries that control guns do not have the murder rate we do in the
US. Please don't suggest we ban screwdrivers. It's a specious
argument put up for simpletons.