<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">My apologies for having a differing view on this topic and for discussing that viewpoint on a public mailing list.<br><br>Jesus.<br><br>Paul<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Sam Scripter <MoscowSam@charter.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "vision2020@moscow.com" <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 22, 2013 11:48 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] gun violence debate<br> </font> </div> <br>
<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv2016947817"><div><div><font color="#000000">WOW,WOW and WOW!</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">AMEN, AMEN, and AMEN!</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Thank you, Roger.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Sam S</font></div>
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<br><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br>"rhayes@frontier.com" <rhayes@frontier.com> wrote:<br><br><div class="yiv2016947817inomail_quote"><blockquote class="yiv2016947817inomail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.2ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:0.8ex;">
<div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div><span id="yiv2016947817misspell-0">Ok</span>, now I tire of this gun debate. A hammer is not any near as deadly as a semi-automatic weapon. Sifting through the Second <span id="yiv2016947817misspell-2"><span>Amendment</span></span> for a hint of a right to possess all manner of <span id="yiv2016947817misspell-3"><span>weaponry</span></span> is <span id="yiv2016947817misspell-4"><span>ridiculous</span></span> and frightening. God did not give us the Second <span id="yiv2016947817misspell-6"><span>amendment</span></span>, nor did God design and give us guns. Gun manufacturers give us guns. And they want us to buy more guns. Yes, a gun in every drawer and a chicken in every pot. </div><div> </div><div>People who want to own guns for <span
id="yiv2016947817misspell-7"><span>defense</span></span> live in fear. From whence does this fear
originate?</div><div>From other people with guns!</div><div> </div><div>We have a gun violence <span id="yiv2016947817misspell-8"><span>problem</span></span> the U.S.. no one can deny that. The solution I often hear is to own more guns.</div><div>This creates more fear and a need for more, and more deadly guns to defend ourselves. Kind of like a national internal arms race. </div><div> </div><div>People who are afraid to live in a civil society without arming themselves with weapons of mass destruction are cowards.</div><div>I am sorry to be so blunt, but I, and a vast majority of my fellow citizens, want to demonstrate the courage needed to deal with the violence in society in a logical, civil manner. Let's engage this discussion now. Enough children and citizens have died.
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