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(...) I do not live in the US. Define 'readily available'. I can, with a certain amount of paperwork, go down to my local sporting goods store, or outdoor supplier, and pick up a hunting rifle or shotgun. I don't even know what I would have to do to (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Two things. 1) You can *never* be 100% sure that anyone committed any crime with circumstantial evidence. 2) Were you a juror for the O.J. travesty, uh sorry, trial? -John <donning asbestos suit for wrath of Lar> (...) Repeat after me. I was (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But the odds are as much in favor of the fatality being mine as anyone elses. If I'm involved in a violent crime, I would simply rather the chance of a fatality was slim or none. (...) Hm. I'm sorry, but the number of little old ladies who get (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If you live in the US (do you?) guns are readily available to criminals. When I was in highschool (roughly 1985-6) I was periferally associated with a group of kids who brought guns from Texas to Missouri and sold them to other kids at a huge (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah, but we are. As a nation with the economic, military and technological capability, it is our responsibility as a nation to do what we can to preserve peace. (1) Our actions in Kosovo can only lengthen the conflict and turn other nations (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bravo. If you're going to fight, fight to win. The Clinton administration has demonstrated that it does not understand the Powell doctrine and is misusing the military might of the US here, as it did in so many other places around the world (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It doesn't bother me much when the fatality is the invader. What DOES bother me in your (contrived (1)) scenario is all the little old ladies clubbed to death with baseball bats because they can't swing a big stick as well as a 6'2" 240 pound (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Perhaps if HCI wanted to make a better world they'd push for things that would incent people to be as responsible as Mike (and myself, I fancy to think) are. Then we'd be safe from all manner of ills which cannot be wished out of existance. (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Once. (...) Once. (same case both times) I was the foreman on a jury that got the "wrong" verdict. Wrong in that we let someone go who clearly was guilty. But "clearly" was not clear to us until after the fact, when we talked to the prosecutor (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Do you think that's gel I see in his portrait? It looks like he's fresh from the stylist. :-) Duane (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's also a non-issue because it's a felony to cross state lines with your weapon. At least that's how I understand it. (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, but have you checked out the new blow-dried Andrew Jackson on the 20? We're moving that way :-) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hi. (...) But, the people of the colonies and the people of Britain had different worries. I don't want to get into a historical debate, because I am simply not equipped to do so...I mean I'm ignorant in comparison to you. (unless you're (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why not? All this crap going on in Kosovo has proven to me that the US government loves to bomb the hell out of foreigners. I'm surprised we're stopping at the Kosovo border. At least our haphazard tagetting of the people we're pretending to (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thanks, I was doing it from memory - thinking I got it right and noticed that I was wrong after the fact. I think the commas I left out are more significant than security, but it's better to have it all. (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So, should we assume that taxation, in any form other than optional user fees, by your definition is evil? (If so, we agree.) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It means practiced. That is, the militia (the people) will have the opportunity to practice as much as they want because they have the right to own any arm. Because of this, the people will be ready to revolt or defend against foreign (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snipped OJ stuff> (...) opinion? Well, the first thing that pops into mind as far as 'clearly wrong' goes is outdated laws. Laws do not cover all eventualities, and occaisonally, a situation occurs where a law has been broken, but blame does (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This may be some common ground where we can all agree. Duane (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why is this? (...) Paintball leaves a lot to be desired with respect to accuracy. I guess part of my bias here is that I own my own marker and know how it shoots. I understand what its limitations are, and work with them. (...) I don't see the (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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