<div dir="ltr"><div>If safety is the overriding concern, why are you not trying to put a ban in place on the private ownership of swimming pools? Far more children perish at the hands of deep water than all firearms combined by a factor of nearly ten to one. Idolizing H2O?</div>
<div> </div><div>g</div><div> </div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>You must be referring to this photo of Keely Mix</div><div><br></div><div><img alt="AntiGunRally_032313_11A.jpg" src="cid:C07FDA4E-78D0-463D-8D17-AE1FC6B1D333" width="640" height="956"></div>
<div><br></div><div>Definition of "idolatry" courtesy of Merriam-Webster at:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:15px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idolatry" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idolatry</a></span></div>
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</div><div><font size="3"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><h2 style="margin:20px 0px 10px;padding:0px 7px 0px 0px;font-weight:normal;display:inline;background-image:none">idol·a·try</h2><input style="margin:0px 10px 4px 4px;border:0px currentColor;width:18px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:bottom;min-height:17px;background-image:url("http://www.merriam-webster.com/styles/default/images/reference/audio-pron-hw.gif")" title="Listen to the pronunciation of idolatry" type="button"> <span><em style="font-weight:bold">noun</em></span> </span></font></div>
<div><div><span style="padding-right:15px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><div><div style="font-weight:bold;float:left">1</div><div style="margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:20px"><span><strong>:</strong> the worship of a physical object as a god</span></div>
</div><div><div style="font-weight:bold;float:left">2</div><div style="margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:20px"><span><strong>:</strong> immoderate attachment or devotion to something</span></div></div></span></div><br><div><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:15px;white-space:nowrap">---------------------------------------------</span></div>
<div><br></div><div>I fail to see the rhetoric, Mr. Crabtree.</div><div><br></div><div>When certain people interpret attempts to ban semi-automatic weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, for the sake of safety, as attacks on an individual's right to bear arms, I consider those interpretation by those certain people to be fundamental idolatry.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div>
<div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span>- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div><div><br>On Apr 12, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Gary Crabtree <<a href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Since you claim to have photographed this event in <span>proctoscopic</span> detail I assume the question is also rhetorical. Signs carried by attendees and a display set up directly behind where you were milling about with your camera carried a vehement anti "assault weapon," anti-second amendment message. One placard I recall had a message to the effect that folks such as myself must quit worshiping the second amendment. By worship I have to believe that she meant believing in a right to keep and bear. To quit exercising a right is to forgo it and ultimately be relieved of it.</div>
<div> </div><div>g</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div>Gary Crabtree </div><div><br></div><div>
<span>"</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The rally may have been billed as 'anti-gun violence' but the rhetoric, both spoken and printed, was with out question anti-gun and anti-second amendment."</span></div>
<div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Care to share some of this written anti-second amendment rhetoric, originating from the anti-gun violence rally, Mr. Crabtree?<br></span><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div>
<div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium">
<span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span>- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div>
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<div><br>On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Gary Crabtree <<a href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">The rally may have been billed as "anti-gun violence" but the rhetoric, both spoken and printed, was with out question anti-gun and anti-second amendment.</blockquote>
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