In Henry's attempt to shift focus away from Africans' responsibility for maiming, killing, capturing and enslaving their own people for sale to the world, his analogy and logic fall short -- and he doesn't offer help with names that was my pursuit. Weapons of all sorts that were useful for hunting, fishing and cleaning game were also substitutes for maiming and killing people since time's beginning, by those who would find any means for that result, initially their bare hands, blunt objects, sharp rocks or sticks, then malleable metals, (all of these still used) etc. etc. I simply wish to see one African slave-trader's name emblazoned on the shore of the Potomac for all people to remember the representative great evil. It is 'not' my intent to belittle subsequent evils within countries where slaves were taken, the vastly greater numbers being to other than British colonial America and its subsequent United States where slavery finally was ended with great loss of military lives. ......and slavery still continues 'today' in some parts of the world, where are our concerns expressed toward this additional matter? Neil McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]> ....Instead of focusing our judicial fury on murderers, the "secondary few" who pull the trigger, we should hunt down the gun manufacturers, those who are "primarily responsible for the endless supply" of guns in our country and "share accountabilities" for gun violence. I think that's where we end up with this line of reasoning. Henry Wiencek ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html