[lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so?

That still leaves unanswered the question as to why guys are drawn to guns in 
the first place.
   
  

Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
                I haven?t heard anyone address the most important question: had 
these guys, the ones whose testosterone went up, ever fired guns before.  So 
much myth has been created in recent years about guns; they probably had little 
or no experience with guns and thought they were doing something dangerous.  
   
  I was a rifle instructor in the Marine Corps, have a fair amount of 
experience with guns and doubt very seriously if my testosterone goes up when I 
go up a local canyon to do a little target shooting.  I actually think of it as 
a bit of a nuisance, but something I ought to do from time to time.  
   
  I gave a nephew of mine a Browning Hi-Power last November and replaced it 
with a CZ-75 P-01.  When he was out here last week-end he was surprised to 
learn that I hadn?t fired it yet.  I told him I was having a custom holster 
made and hadn?t received it yet.  He said there was no way he would have a gun 
for six months without ever firing it.  Now his testosterone might go up while 
firing a gun.  He hasn?t fired a gun all that much, and he is only 21.
   
  Lawrence
   
      
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  From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Carol Kirschenbaum
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:57 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so?

   
    Fifteen minutes later, the psychologists again measured testosterone levels 
and discovered high levels in men who had had handled the gun, with levels 
remaining steady in those working with the board game.

      ck: Clearly we need to send murderous dictators and bored brutes multiple 
sets of Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, and Scrabble. (Chess comes later.)  I 
wonder which world big shot would be willing to dare peace by board game. My 
bet's on Jimmy Carter. I'm ready for volunteer duty, btw.

    Carol, 

    living on the ol' St. James Place

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Paul Stone 

    To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:51 AM

    Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so?

     

    The students were seated, one at a time, at a table in a bare room. On the 
table were pieces of paper and either the board game Mouse Trap or a large 
handgun. Their instructions: Take apart the game or the gun and write 
directions for assembly and disassembly.

Fifteen minutes later, the psychologists again measured testosterone levels and 
discovered high levels in men who had had handled the gun, with levels 
remaining steady in those working with the board game.
  
Proof that Rube Goldberg machines cause chemical castration. 

p


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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada 



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