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Old 01-08-2004, 06:43 PM   #49 (permalink)
Slims
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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.
Yes, but it's also the most efficient way for one human being to protect themselves from an attack by another human being.
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