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From: munnari!batserver.cs.uq.oz.au!anthony@uunet.UU.NET (Anthony Lee)
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Subject: The use of automatic weapons in Central America and the Middle East
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Date: 8 Dec 89 04:13:38 GMT
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From: munnari!batserver.cs.uq.oz.au!anthony@uunet.UU.NET (Anthony Lee)

The other night I was watching the news about the conflict in Lebanon and
I started thinking about the use of automatic weapons.  When I said automatic
weapons, I meant automatic rifles, like the M16 and the AK47.  Everytime 
I watched the news I always see soldiers using M16 (and AK47) spraying
bullets in all directions.  I feel that it is just a waste of bullets
because they are only doing it to keep the enemies down and in many cases
hitting unfortunate civilans who happened to be nearby.  

The question I proposed is that if in any conflict both sides were only
given semiautomatic weapons then I feel the chances for civilan cauasilties
would be lower.

Anthony Lee (Humble PhD student) (Alias Time Lord Doctor) 
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