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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:49:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > I go to the range enough that I don't often miss. But... the bullets I use
> > go through the body and then through the wall anyway, even if I don't miss.
> > I don't like to use something ineffectual.
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> Out of curiosity, would you be equally satisfied with a hypothetical
> non-lethal weapon that nonetheless instantly and fully incapacitated its
> target?
Yes, if coupled with tort reform so I wasn't in mortal peril of losing all
my posessions from a lawsuit brought by a burglar or mugger.
> > But then I fear for my life whenever I go on the road, which is all the
> > time, since I can't take my gun with me on an airplane. So I've learned to
> > deal with that. It's not a big fear.
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> //sarcasm OFF
> Have you actually experienced this fear? That seems a frightful and
> lonely way to go about one's day. I wasn't aware that people faced this
> sort of anxiety, even in traveling. How does this fear arise?
It's a small but non zero fear. I don't think it makes my days frightful and
lonely, it just means that I have to keep my wits about me when traveling,
and that I can't rely on the police for protection. (but that's true at home
as well)
> But they're statistically much less likely to drag a football player from
> his car and kill him for a routine traffic stop.
I agree, if we're talking NFL players. :-) However they're terrible at
controlling the fans tendency to go on wild rampages.
Note that when I say "particularly ineffective" I'm not claiming "more
ineffective than US police"
++Lar
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| (...) Ugh, ain't that the truth! My father once advised me that if I ever shot a burglar in my house who then managed to crawl outside, I should drag him back in and shoot him again to prevent such a lawsuit. (...) **snip** (...) Interesting. In the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Out of curiosity, would you be equally satisfied with a hypothetical non-lethal weapon that nonetheless instantly and fully incapacitated its target? Something like an immediate tranquilizer (or a phaser-set-on-stun, perhaps?) I'm asking (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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