[Info-vax] Completely OT: Frank Lloyd Wright

[David Froble]

Dirk Munk wrote:

> That's good. Just think of the guy who shot his 15yr old son a couple of 
> weeks ago, because he thought the boy was a burglar. Life must be hell 
> for him now, waking up every morning in the knowledge that he killed his 
> own son.

We've been here before.  You believe what you want to believe, and 
nothing can convince you of anything else.

Yes, that probably is a terrible tragedy.  But let's look at it for a bit.

1) The guy shot someone he could not identify?  Wrong!

2) The guy resorted to shoot first and ask questions afterwards?  Wrong!

3) The guy shot to kill, and not to just discourage?  Wrong!

You may think guns are terrible, but in the three items above, in which 
of them did the gun do something wrong?  None of them.  It was the nut 
holding onto the gun.  Most likely an untrained nut.

You don't shoot someone unless you know who and why you're shooting.  If 
someone is standing in your house, and you have a gun, you should call 
the police, not shoot him.  Now, if he's bearing down on you with a 
large knife, then you need to take action.  Maybe shoot him in the leg 
and he won't be so able to chase you.

Got a wife?  Maybe a daughter?  How bad would you feel if they were 
being hurt, or worse, and you could do nothing to help them?  That door 
swings in both directions.

But, with your attitude, even if you had a gun, you probably would not 
get training, and would probably hit your wife and daughter instead of 
the bad guy.  Yeah, for you, no guns ....