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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Roger,<BR>
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Your post I'm inspired to make up a new slogan: "Helmets don't kill people, guns kill people." The correct parallel (not analogy) would be those, such as Adam Lanza's mother, who left her guns and ammo unlocked. Motorcyclists love to come to Idaho because they don't have to wear a helmet. There are even more people who leave (even loaded) guns in their houses and their cars. In each instance, when there is a death we, the people, have pick their bodies off the road or treat motorcycle and gun victims in ER rooms, running up the cost of health care for all of us.<BR>
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There are laws that make us more responsible drivers--driving tests, car registration, revoking licenses for drinking, and liability insurance--but no similar requirements for guns in each of these areas. We have dramatically reduced the number of auto accidents, but gun accidents keep rising.<BR>
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Nick<BR>
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A society grows great when old men plant the seeds of trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.<BR>
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From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com on behalf of lfalen<BR>
Sent: Wed 2/20/2013 1:33 PM<BR>
To: Contact - thansen@moscow.com; Gary Crabtree<BR>
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Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<BR>
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I think that thsoe who do not think people should have a gun in their home are like the actor Gary Busey. He was against the helmet law for those riding motorcycles. He wanted to feel the wind in his hair. He had an accident and received a concussion. He is now making adds in favor of waring a helmet. When these people have someone break into their home and rape their wife or daughter, they might change their mind also.<BR>
Roger<BR>
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From: "Gary Crabtree" <moscowlocksmith@gmail.com><BR>
To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>
Cc: "vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>
Date: 02/20/13 13:05<BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<BR>
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Sez the little fella who boasts pugnaciously of defending his humble apartment with a 12 ga.<BR>
I assume that the missuz has long since dried her eyes and taken up a hobby to fill the gap.<BR>
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> wrote:<BR>
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Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .<BR>
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"Moscow Cares"<BR>
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Tom "Proud to be a Filthy Liberal Scum" Hansen<BR>
Moscow, Idaho<BR>
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But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<BR>
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On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
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Once "he" becomes aware of said gun it becomes a powerful deterrent to staying in your house much less helping himself to your belongings or continued good health.<BR>
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
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This is what listening to pop music can do to you! <BR>
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Paul: If he's in your house, then the gun was not a deterrent.<BR>
On Feb 20, 2013, at 6:12 AM, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>
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But not in a judgmental way. I'm too busy singing to put anybody down.<BR>
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From: jampot@roadrunner.com<BR>
To: sunilramalingam@hotmail.com <BR>
CC: vision2020@moscow.com <BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<BR>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:02:11 -0800<BR>
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Now you're just monkeeing around.<BR>
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From: Sunil Ramalingam <BR>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:07 PM<BR>
Cc: vision 2020 <BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<BR>
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The premise of your post was that he was breaking into homes when people were there. Now you're inventing his motive to kill you. No, if he saw your face, he'd be a believer, not a killer.<BR>
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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:56:57 -0800<BR>
From: godshatter@yahoo.com <BR>
To: sunilramalingam@hotmail.com <BR>
CC: vision2020@moscow.com <BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<BR>
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It didn't say he was. If he did, though, I'd want to be able to protect myself if he ran across me in a home he thought was empty and he got it through his head that I had to die because I'd seen his face. Or maybe he's desperate, and now he's willing to try hitting a house that is occupied but looks like he could rob it regardless.<BR>
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It's a tool of preparedness. I'd rather not assume that he's harmless if he's breaking into houses and robbing them. If my assumption is wrong, I could die. I'd rather not throw away my chance at survival because "OMG! Guns are bad!"<BR>
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It doesn't mean, by the way, that I'd just shoot this guy for breaking into my house. But a loaded weapon is a good deterrent, and if it turns out my life is at stake, I'd rather have a gun than a shoe I could throw at him, or whatever I happened to have at hand.<BR>
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This isn't rocket science. Be prepared. It's the good old Boy Scout motto. I also have a smoke detector and a fire extinguisher.<BR>
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Don't let the "guns are killing our kids!" narrative drive your views.<BR>
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On 02/19/2013 10:43 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:<BR>
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Where does it say he's breaking into homes when people are in? I had a lot of burglary cases, and my mistakenly charged clients were usually alleged to have entered homes when no one was there. Lots easier to leave with stuff that way, said the authorities.<BR>
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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:02:25 -0800<BR>
From: godshatter@yahoo.com <BR>
To: thansen@moscow.com <BR>
CC: vision2020@moscow.com <BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .<BR>
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What's paranoid about locking up when you're out and being ready to defend yourself when you're at home when there is a known burglar in the area? Being prepared is not the same thing as being paranoid. If someone is crazy enough to break into your home while you are there, you can go ahead and classify that as a situation fraught with danger, in which case having some means to protect yourself might be called for. There are plenty of reasonable scenarios where a would-be burglar happens upon a member of the household when he thought the place was empty that could end up very badly for the person he stumbled upon. If the burglar knew you were at home and invaded the home anyway, then you've definitely got a problem if you are happily unarmed.<BR>
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Better to have that gun when you need it than not. If guns frighten you, which I find hard to believe because of your military background, then at least pick up a good aluminum baseball bat.<BR>
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Do you think I'm paranoid because I keep a set of jumper cables in my trunk in case my battery dies and I need a jump from a kind stranger? Are you one of those people that joyously flit from situation to situation relying on the gods to keep you out of trouble?<BR>
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On 02/19/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:<BR>
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Paranoia . . . self-destroya.<BR>
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Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .<BR>
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