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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:31:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> Dave Schuler wrote:
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> > Why should a witness feel a need to stop a crime, thereby placing himself
> > in harms' way for a stranger?
Because people are basically good, and want to help? That's why I would and
have in the past.
> Being that CCW permits are next to impossible to get in most
> states, I wouldn't be able to help. The intent to help would be
> there, but I'd have to stand by and watch someone possibly die,
> thanks to the ridiculous laws we have.
Michigan just passed a relaxed CCW law. Now, the CCW boards have to approve
anyone who passes a background check and pays the fee and complies with all
the other requirements (training among them) instead of just being able to
hand out permits to their cronies. Some large number of county prosecutors
resigned in "protest".
++Lar
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| (...) Not to lessen the significance of your prior actions, but for the context of this debate, were these life-or-death situations, on the street, in which you put yourself in harm's way for a stranger? Even if it was breaking up a fist fight (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Being that CCW permits are next to impossible to get in most states, I wouldn't be able to help. The intent to help would be there, but I'd have to stand by and watch someone possibly die, thanks to the ridiculous laws we have. (...) program (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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