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Re:The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada by leot on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @02:50AM (#5630741)
So you're saying that if handguns could stop without killing, then it would be ok to ban handguns that killed?
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Re:The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada by hga on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @08:18AM (#5631669)
Hand weapons for the purposes of civilian self-defense, yes (they wouldn't be "guns" except in the loosest of senses).

"Set phasers to stun" and all that; a nice idea, but way beyond the foreseeable future.

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Re:The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada by leot on Monday May 13, 2013 @08:13PM (#5702298)
Given how many people's lives would be saved, why do you suppose that we don't have more research into less lethal handguns? Phasers, perhaps not. But there are many other options.
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