THE NOTION THAT GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE...PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE IS THE MANTRA OF THE GUN LOBBY....
BUT THERE IS A BIG FALLACY...
MANY, IF NOT MOST, HOMOCIDES ARE CRIMES OF PASSION...THEY ARE NOT PLANNED...
YES, A HOMOCIDAL PERSON COULD USE A KNIFE, OR POISON, OR A ROPE, OR A BOMB OR A CLUB TO KILL HIS VICTIM...
BUT THOSE ARE ALL "INEFFICIENT" AND VERY "MESSY" MEANS OF KILLING... A LOT OF THINGS CAN "GO WRONG"...AND THE VICTIM MIGHT ESCAPE....
BUT WITH A GUN...YOU JUST POINT AND SHOOT... AND ITS OVER...
THE PERSON PULLING THE TRIGGER IS A MURDERER STRAIGHTAWAY...NO MUSS NO FUSS... ITS OVER...
THE OTHER MEANS OF KILLING ARE MESSY AND NOT AVAILABLE ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT...IN THE HEAT OF PASSION...
LET PASSIONS COOL...AND A PUNCH IN THE FACE MAY BE THE RESULT... BUT PUT A GUN IN THAT HAND THAT COULD BE A FIST...AND YOU HAVE A MURDERER...
ELIMINATING EASY ACCESS TO NON-SPORTING HAND GUNS...WOULD CUT THE MURDER RATE CONSIDERABLY...
BUT THERE IS A BIG FALLACY...
MANY, IF NOT MOST, HOMOCIDES ARE CRIMES OF PASSION...THEY ARE NOT PLANNED...
YES, A HOMOCIDAL PERSON COULD USE A KNIFE, OR POISON, OR A ROPE, OR A BOMB OR A CLUB TO KILL HIS VICTIM...
BUT THOSE ARE ALL "INEFFICIENT" AND VERY "MESSY" MEANS OF KILLING... A LOT OF THINGS CAN "GO WRONG"...AND THE VICTIM MIGHT ESCAPE....
BUT WITH A GUN...YOU JUST POINT AND SHOOT... AND ITS OVER...
THE PERSON PULLING THE TRIGGER IS A MURDERER STRAIGHTAWAY...NO MUSS NO FUSS... ITS OVER...
THE OTHER MEANS OF KILLING ARE MESSY AND NOT AVAILABLE ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT...IN THE HEAT OF PASSION...
LET PASSIONS COOL...AND A PUNCH IN THE FACE MAY BE THE RESULT... BUT PUT A GUN IN THAT HAND THAT COULD BE A FIST...AND YOU HAVE A MURDERER...
ELIMINATING EASY ACCESS TO NON-SPORTING HAND GUNS...WOULD CUT THE MURDER RATE CONSIDERABLY...
