September 28, 2009

Guns don’t kill people. Swords don’t either. But they help.

QUOTE:
“Guns don't kill people – people kill people.”
       National Rifle Association (NRA), founded 1871
       Slogan used since the 1970s

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COUNTERQUOTE:
“The National Rifle Association says that guns don’t kill people, people do. But I think the guns help.”

       Eddie Izzard (b. 1962)
       British actor and comedian
       In his HBO special Dress To Kill (1999)

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ROMANQUOTE:
“A sword never kills anybody; it’s a tool in the killer’s hand.”
       Seneca the Younger (c. 3 BC – AD 65)
       Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist
       Letters to Lucilius (ca. 63-65)

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