Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Alex G]

look, i know i'm not going to change your mind

and you're not gonna change mine

and i don't really think our laws will change as far as hand guns go

but it's a very easy equation

the more guns that are out there, the more people get shot

where i live most of the people that get shot are the stupid crooks killing each other, you know the story

but there are always times where simple robberies against innocent people by stupid punks with a hand gun end up committing a tragic murder that effects all the lives connected to the person who gets murdered

we've had the National Guard here since Katrina just to try to stem the hoodlums returning after the storm

i've been to Europe (Spain mostly) and you can walk the streets at the wee hours of night in Barcelona and feel relatively safe because the petty crooks just don't have handguns... i'll take my chances in hand to hand combat against someone with a knife or a bat any day as opposed to any kind of gun... kind of a no-brainer