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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 15:57:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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?
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> 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.
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.
> > > 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. • **snip**
> 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)
Interesting. In the time between my post and yours I came up with a
light-hearted but not wholly inaccurate analogy: as a result of my
years-long incarceration in the food service industry I have gained an
unsettling awareness of how things "really work" in otherwise clean-seeming
establishments. As such, I always bear a tiny but undeniable anxiety when
eating out. I'm not incapacitated by it, but it's definitely there...
> > But they're statistically much less likely to drag a football player from
> > his car and kill him for a routine traffic stop.
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> I agree, if we're talking NFL players. :-) However they're terrible at
> controlling the fans tendency to go on wild rampages.
I thought that was just a herd thing, like when wildebeests stampede or
something. 8^)
> Note that when I say "particularly ineffective" I'm not claiming "more
> ineffective than US police"
Ah! Good clarification!
Dave!
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