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... I ask you, where is the difference between shooting bows and shooting rifles? Is archery a noble sport and shooting not? Both were initially created with the sole purpose of killing, yet exceptions are made in one instance and not the other. Why is that? I submit that shooting guns is no different then shooting a bow and arrow. Both can be dangerous in the hands of those lacking maturity and training.
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There's nothing wrong with shooting as a sport. But walking around with a gun is different. And there is a difference between walking around with a gun and with a bow. You can see the bow, and you can't see the gun...
[/QUOTE]I don't see a kid with a bow killing 18 students, but thats just me.[/QUOTE]This is limited to the hypothetical plane. Kids have killed other kids with knives and baseball bats before. Should nobody be allowed to own a knife? Should baseball be banned?[/QUOTE]Sure, kids can kill each other with almost everything. A pen can be very dangerous if you stick it in someones eye. But thats not the point. The point is that pistols are designed to hurt people. And they can cause alot more damage then knife's or baseball bats. Did any kid ever kill two dozen people at once with a knife or baseball bat? I don't think so.
[ 05-01-2002, 05:48 PM: Message edited by: Dreamer128 ]