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From: kfk@ccieng2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Clarification on "Missing Handgun"
Message-ID: <153@ccieng5.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 11:44:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: ccieng5.153
Posted: Thu Sep 22 11:44:37 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 26-Sep-83 02:48:36 EDT
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All right, folks, apparently I did not make myself clear on my point
in my article about the wife-beating incident in my building last
Saturday.  The point I was trying to make is:

	Mr. Crawford (the attacker) has lived in NY for many years.
	Therefore, he could have applied for and received a permit
	to possess a handgun from the state of NY.  He is now being
	charged with 2 felonies, and I intend being a witness if it
	is ever brought to trial.  He is now a verified threat to
	society.  I am a threat to no person who does not threaten
	me.  However, the state of NY will not issue a permit to me to
	possess a handgun until such time as I can supply 3 character
	references from local residents who have known me for 3 years.
	(That won't happen for another 2 years.)

So, finally:
	+--------------------------------------------------------------+
	| The laws restricting possession of handguns within the state |
	| of NY *DO NOT ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH,*   |
	| and, because of their existence, innocent people were hurt.  |
	+--------------------------------------------------------------+

So they shouldn't be on the books in the first place.

============== Karl Kleinpaste ===============
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P.S.  Mrs. Crawford spent 5 days in the hospital.