[Shayne]

Again with the assumptions.
While I have no reason to explain myself to you I have owned guns and am in the process of getting my PAL in order to purchase another. I am not anti-gun. But that does not make me pro-gun. I am pro-responsibility and believe in accountability whether that be guns, drinking and driving, or Pit Bull ownership.
The only point I was trying to make is that anyone who actually gives any kind of credibility to the doctor/gun argument isn't thinking past their trigger finger.
And you are still using that very same argument. Comparing a gun to a drunk driver or a doctor is completely baseless.
There are no realistic analogies. A gun is a weapon. That is its sole purpose. Hunting, defense, offence, sport. Its purpose is to destroy that which it is pointed at. It can also be used to terrorize which can never be quantified. You cannot do that with a pool, a doctor, or a bottle of gin.

"Wendy neglected to say that if it will save even one human life how can any reasonable person also be against banning swing sets. slides, swimming pools, cars, trucks, trains, airplanes, space shuttles, alcohol, Pit Bulls, golf, logging, cell phones, red meat, Doberman Pinschers, unprotected sex, physical exertion, ...well, you get the idea."

That is all rhetoric with the possible exception of Pit Bulls. But then the owner and the breeders would be charged the dog put down so it doesn't fit into your neat responsibility argument.

Gun owners need to be responsible. Most are. The few irresponsible destroy it for the rest along with the criminal element. One result of irresponsible gun owners and retailers:
Why are there so many guns in the hands of criminals in Canada? Irresponsible American gun owners and retailers. PERIOD. Not borders, not the thieves; the person who allowed the gun to fall into the wrong hands by selling it to the wrong element or not securing his/her firearm(s) so that it could be stolen from him. Whether that be a friend, family member or complete stranger is irrelevant but it comes down to irresponsibility.
That is who the gun lobby needs to target.

Looks like you've been a proponent, arguing the virtues of guns for a long time. If that is what you choose to spend your time doing that is fine by me. I don't commend you nor feel any ill towards it. Personally I couldn't care less one way or the other. I don't NEED a gun and there are far more important and troubling things happening on this planet and in my community to get all worked up about.