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----- Original Message ----- From: "Constance Tate" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Cc: "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 12:50 AM Subject: Re: Non PD- Gun control/broken heart > dear michel > thank you for correctly reading the constitution. i have been saying > this for years. if a > person feels the necessity to own a gun then let them join the state > militia or national guard > i would never allow any fire arm in my house.you can't have an accident > with a gun if there > is not a gun in the house. > > my personal knowledge of guns is > 1 - one of my moms brother-in-law after a party decided to > scare hisbrother-in-law Tiny. > outcome Sammy went by Tiny and wife's bedroom and rattled the window.. > Tiny half asleep > heard the noise -thought it was a burgler and aimed his gun and fired. > thankfully bullet hit > Sammy in the arm and didn't kill him. Tiny got rid of his gun . > 2 - one of our boys at age7 was visiting his aunt in las vegas. > he played with a boy > next door and suddenly came running to his aunt and said that the boy > invited our kenny into > his house to show our boy something. he took kenny into a closet and climbed > up on some boxes > and showed our boy his daddy's gun bragging that daddy was a guard. kenny > knew we told > them never to touch any gun. thank fully he told auntie who then went to > speak to neighbors who > were in the house and didn't even hear the kids. the father said he didn't > realise his boy knew > where re kept the gun on a top shelf. > 3 - a neighbor of ours that thought he was quite a hunter and laughed > at jack cause jack > wouldn't go hunting. after a successful hunt when friend walked into his > yard the gate bumped > his rifle which he must have been pulling it along the barrell because he > shot himself in his butt. > of course i told him he got what he deserved for being so stupid. > 4 - a 20 year old son of my cousin killed himself. his father actually > bought him the gun and > never told the boys mother that he had given the boy a few lessons. the > young man had been > upset when he spoke to his mother so she told him she would drive over to > see him.she had > car trouble and got there about an hour late to find her boy dead. she > called the police thinking > a burglar had done it. the police said it looked like suicide but his > mother insisted he didn't > have a gun. his father came from out of town and accused the police of not > investigating a > crime. took a year before the parents to accept that it was suicide. very > sad case. > to this day i still feel the same. i don't say guns should be totally > outlawed. if you need a gun > so be it but stay out of my house with it. we have lost too many young > people from guns something > must be done. parents must be held responsible for the crimes of their > children and also be > punished with them when their kids cause harm or loss of life. > okay thats my soap box speech > why isn't is easier to spread love instead of hate is > beyond me. > love > connie > > > > > > The Constitution, according to my reading, clearly stipulates that the > > MILITIA may bear arms, not individuals....not even if you have PD. > > Love > > Michel > > >