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From: smb@achilles.UUCP (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Missing Handgun
Message-ID: <619@achilles.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Sep-83 17:24:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 21 17:24:14 1983
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When, oh when will people learn that isolated anecdotes -- even first-hand --
are no substitute for careful surveys?  For every story you can tell about
how having a gun did (or would have) prevented a crime, I can tell one about
how someone was shot by accident, after being mistaken for a prowler (this
often happens to family members who stay out unexpectedly late), or in a fit
of rage.  You say if you had your .357 handy, none of the horrible things
would have happened.  Tell me -- what if this woman's husband had *his* .357
handy, instead of a mere tire iron?

		--Steve Bellovin