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Originally posted by arsenal@Dec 22 2004, 04:09 PM
The american wal-marts sell everything. It is one stop shopping. I think even some of them in the northern states would sell guns as well. Hunting is a huge sport. They just don't sell them in Canadian wal-marts.
But besides that, this lawsuit is ######ed. There is no way that wal-mart can be held liable for selling someone a gun. Basically the same as suing a gas station for selling gas to someone that commits suicide by running the car in a garage.
Makes no sence, and should be thrown out of court.
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This is the old 'Do guns kill people or do people kill people' argument. While everyone is responsible for their own actions (including the mentally disabled?) if you put a gun in the hand of every person in North America, I'd surmise shooting incidents would go up. On the other hand, if you banned sales of handguns and tried to appropriate all of them, you might find shooting incidents trending downward.
The opposition that I've heard to this argument is that if one wants to kill another and guns aren't available, they'll simply use a knife, rope, pillow-case, etc. I don't really agree with this argument. A gun is an easy, impersonal way to hurt someone. A knife is bloody, hands on work. I gotta say, I'd sure pull a trigger easier than repeatedly stick a blade in some guy's stomach, but thats just me.
Seems obvious that handguns are a dumb idea, but now that they're everywhere, American's need 'protection' from other handgun wielders. Great cycle.