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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 21:02:41 GMT
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I would count a $50 revolver as just as dangerous to the user as the target!
There's NO WAY a company can sell a gun at a profit at $50 retail without massively
cutting corners on alloys and machining tolerances.
Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
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> > > There are niches in firearms too. And crappy guns sell for a variety of
> > > reasons. And all of this is good.
> >
> >
> > In this particular case, I CAN'T agree. There really is no reason for a • crappy gun
> > (that's just as liable to injure the user as the target) to exist.
> >
> > If you're going to buy a gun, you should buy a GOOD one, even if it's used and
> > rebuilt.
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> My personal recommendation would be to purchase the gun that is closest to your
> ideal and still within your price range. But I think it's better to have a $50
> .32 revolver than nothing. And a gun has to be pretty screwed up to be "just
> as liable to injure the user as the target." I'm not suggesting that people be
> stupid.
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> Chris
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| (...) crappy gun (...) My personal recommendation would be to purchase the gun that is closest to your ideal and still within your price range. But I think it's better to have a $50 .32 revolver than nothing. And a gun has to be pretty screwed up to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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