SC - family values?

[Leslie Lansdowne]

While I agree that personal responsibility is the answer---I firmly believe
that assault weapons have no purpose in our society.  No matter what the
reason is for someone going off and shooting tons of people, they certainly
wouldn't be as successful if they didn't have a gun that was capable of
killings tons of people in one clip.  Our world is in peril, and there are
many changes that need to be made--BUT--after seeing all the recent
shootings and such, I think that stiffer gun control laws are necessary!
Can't we at least make it harder for people to get weapons like these?  I
know nothing of guns, and I plan to keep it that way. If you need a gun for
hunting or for protection, you don't need to arm yourself with something
that is designed for war.
Personally, I'd be happy as anything if they'd just ban guns forever---but
then I'd have to listen to Charlton Heston go on and on and on and on about
his precious right to own guns........Oh geez, lead me to the rock!!!

Leslie:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of D. Clay-Disparti
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 7:57 AM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG; Beverly Atha
> Subject: Re: SC - family values?
>
>
> I don't think the gun has anything at all to do with what has
> been happening.
> It is the weapon, but it did not go off by itself.  What seems to
> be lacking
> terribly in this country is good old fashioned moral values and
> the appreciation
> of the differences of individuals.  It is a sad statement of fact
> that young
> people can feel so alienated because of the treatment  received
> at the hands of
> the "popular" youth they feel the need to go on a killing spree.
> To think our
> society produced/s someone capable of walking into a community center and
> opening fire is a chilling thought indeed.  If we really want to
> see change then
> all individuals need to take a stand and begin to live a good, moral life
> without all the hate, greed, bigotry, gossip, drugs, "me"
> attitude, et al that
> has become a part of the normal day to day living of our society.
>  We all need
> to set good examples for our family and friends  and quit passing
> the buck.  The
> assault weapon has little to do with the reason these things
> happen, you can buy
> fertilizer and build a bomb for crying out loud!  I firmly
> believe personal
> responsibility is the answer.
>
> As the rock could not now be big enough, I have located a dark
> friendly cave and
> will be there until the coast is clear.
>
> Isabella
>
> Terri Millette wrote:
>
> > Greetings Lady Mordonna!
> > I think you and I will BOTH move elsewhere!  I understand
> hunting for sport
> > and for food.  What I DON'T understand is why the average
> person "needs" an
> > assault wepon - for ANY reason!
> >
> > I like the idea of the average citizen being able to protect
> > themselves, big government, crooked cops, it's not just the " bad
> > guys" who are out there, now it's the suposed " good guys " too, an
> > armed society is a polite sosciety and all, best thing about places
> > like Vermont, don't need a permit to carry weapons,  state with the
> > lowest murder rate in the lower 48, and useually it's knives and
> > chain saws not guns, although assault weapons may be going too far
> >
> > At the risk of getting out my soapbox  (heaven forbid!)  I feel that
> > I must say that I think this society  (mundane....not SCA) is in
> > sorry shape
> >
> > I agree, for a country that's supose to be "one nation under God"
> > something has seriously gotten lost along the way
> >
> > Fiona( who may regret this response, but who is leaving for war
> > tomorrow, so gets to duck alot of the flack).
> >
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