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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 02:20:31 GMT
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"Bruce Schlickbernd" <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message
news:GGMv7M.CBM@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
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> > > We have issues in this country and more guns is not the answer.
> >
> > Sure it is. Universal armament is the answer. Distribute the entire national
> > arsenal to the people where it belongs and you'd see a reign of peace and
> > prosperity like no other.
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> Kind of like the old west, eh? Oh wait, that was called the Wild West for a
> reason.
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> You'd even more people shooting each other for trivial reasons than they do
> now. God only knows the carnage that would happen on the freeways.
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> I mean in excess of the current car-nage. :-)
<snip>
Funny, I have been carrying a concealed firearm for 5 years now and no
matter how pissed off I have gotten at other people I have somehow
been able to overcome the urge to shoot the people who pissed me off.
--
Overkill is the only sure kill.
SR
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Message has 2 Replies: | | Re: Handgun Death Rate
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| (...) That's admirable, but you do recognize that you're not a representative sample, right? That would be like saying that I've never deliberately run over anyone in my car, therefore no one has ever done so. Dave! (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) As I mentioned in another message, my wife's cousin was shot and killed under just such circumstances. So I can't agree that it's funny (I know that's not how you meant it). Anyway, you statement doesn't change mine - I'm not talking about any (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Kind of like the old west, eh? Oh wait, that was called the Wild West for a reason. You'd even more people shooting each other for trivial reasons than they do now. God only knows the carnage that would happen on the freeways. I mean in excess (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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