If you outlaw guns, then only....

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

That sounds very familiar... "lets stop lawbreaking before it happens!"
It has always been an excuse for removing freedoms and taking over populations.
Thanks for making it very clear to us all.

Right, that's like banning all private planes because a baseball player flew into a building.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Right, that's like banning all private planes because a baseball player flew into a building.

Would it not be more sensible to ban baseball players?

Easier anyway. You see how much headway we're making getting MaggieL to beat her arsenal into plowshares, what chance do you think you've got getting her to hand over her plane?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Right, that's like banning all private planes because a baseball player flew into a building.

Sure, and don't put a life vest on your kid until after he drowns. And don't stop smoking until after you have cancer. And let's not ban DDT. Let's not stop North Korea from having nukular weapons until after they massacre thousands of people.

There certainly is a reasonableness to prevention.