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And lo on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:08:56 -0000, scott <sco### [at] laptop com> did
spake, saying:
>> You know, to outsiders it seems like this kind of thing has become
>> routine in
>> America.
>
> From the BBC article:
>
> "Last Friday, a woman shot dead two fellow students before killing
> herself at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. In Memphis,
> Tennessee, a 17-year-old is accused of shooting and critically wounding
> a student on Monday, and a 15-year-old was shot at a junior high school
> in California on Tuesday."
>
> The whole culture in the US seems different regarding guns.
And it's this that seems to be more the problem then simple ownership
> The only guns I've ever seen in my life are the ones the police carry.
> I don't know anyone who has a gun, I don't know anyone who could get me
> a gun if I wanted one.
Midnight on level 2 of the multi-storey car-park, bring cash.
> I'm sure most people round here are the same. Unless you are in some
> large criminal gang, I just don't think you can get hold of a gun.
Oo ar well I be in the country so we get a lot of shotguns and the odd
rifle. No handguns of course since the ban. Incidently we seem to be
getting increased reporting of stabbing incidents.
> These seem like previously "normal" people before they do these
> shootings, where do they get the guns from?
Gunshops.
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Phil Cook
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