[Info-vax] Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> David Froble wrote 2012-08-07 18:03:
> 
>> I do agree.  But if you try to do away with weapons, the law abiding 
>> people
>> will be without, but the criminals, by definition, won't abide by the 
>> laws.
>>
>> You might say that you can make weapons harder to get.  You will never do
>> away with them, and they will be harder to get for law abiding citizens.
> 
> Wasn't all/most of those doing the lately shootings "law abiding
> citizens" ? Well, before the shooting that is. Handguns are just as
> bad no matter whos the hand is holding it, of course.
> 
> 

I'm astounded that all this came out of my describing the relative capability of 
two different weapons, neither of which is a handgun.

As for how guns are so bad, how much better would it have been if the guy had 
thrown a molotove (can't spell it) cocktail into the crowded theater?

I think that question points out at least 2 things.

1) In this modern world, there are many ways to harm people, and it's the people 
doing the harm, not the implements, including guns.

2) Should we then outlaw glass wine bottles ???  Rags ???  Gasoline ???

Gasp!  Now I must be a terrorist, I just described how to construct a weapon of 
mass destruction ....