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Old 01-08-2004, 02:49 PM   #47 (permalink)
Phaenx
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
Quote:
Originally posted by Kadath
And that beast is the valid argument. See my post re: homicide statistics. Falls from great heights are also a cause of death, but nobody proposes a ban on those. A gun is, quite simply, the most efficient (not to mention popular) way for one human being to kill another human being that we've stumbled across.
If someone's going to kill you I'd think I'd take quick and painless vs. long and painful. Being run through with a sword or getting stabbed in the face would be a thousand times worse then getting shot.
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