re my gun is like my american express card in article cmm thomasp surt ifi uio no thomas parsli thomasp ifi uio no writes i don t remember the figures exactly but there were about deaths in texas in that was caused by guns that includes suicides since it has been shown in other countries that suicide rates are pretty much independent of the means available for doing oneself in studies include some done published in japan canada austria norway suicides ought not be included in the count if this is done the number of vehicle related deaths greatly exceeds that of firearms related deaths in texas i should not suffer because of others certainly not we all agree on this one but we also live in a sociaty and therefor we ll have to give up some of our freedom note the why unless it s doing something that directly hurts someone else what s the point otherwise you d better stop operating all motor vehicles since the price of operating them greatly exceeds the cost in lives of firearms one state don t remember which texas tried to impose a rule that you could only buy one gun each month think you all know what happened well it s been done at least twice south north carolina did it a few years back and watched its crime rate relative to the rest of the country rise quite a bit virginia just passed the law no word yet on what the results will be but i d be willing ot bet that a reduction in crime rates won t be one of them i respect the right to defend yourself but that right should not inflict on other people self defense doesn t inflict on other people except perhaps the criminal who s tried to do you damage and maybe indirectly on future potential victims who might not become victims some things are too important not to give away to everybody else and have none left for yourself dieter the car salesman
