>From Reuters:
>
>”"According to police statistics, only 0.004 percent of
>armed crimes are
>committed with a legally obtained firearm,” said
>Joachim Streitberger, head
>of the Weapons Rights Forum, an association
>representing legal weapons
>owners.”
>
>
>0.004 percent – and the answer is still more antigun
>laws?
>
>
>Pragmatically, one aspect of guns as weapons is that
>they’re more or less
>unidirectional. The shooter kills whoever he’s pointing
>the gun at. (There
>can be ricochets, etc., of course.) Now, a bomb can be
>made to kill
>everyone in 360 degrees, depending on the contruction
>of the bomb and
>conditions. Then there’s poison and . . . .
>
>Pragmatically, I’d rather have mass murder type
>thinking guns instead of
>something else, especially if the potential victims can
>be armed also.