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From: alan@allegra.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: rabbit!jj on gun control
Message-ID: <1846@allegra.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 17:46:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 27 17:46:33 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Sep-83 20:49:43 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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	I guess it's time to jump into this fray with both
	feet.
	(Schloop! <That's the sound of feet hitting you know what>)


Actually, that was the sound of your foot entering your mouth (again).


	What isn't brought up is that the injured people were the
	ONLY ones hurt, as far as I can tell from the original
	article (its memory is slipping away at this point).


If Karl had handled the situation correctly, NO ONE would have been
hurt.

The pro-gun argument depends very heavily on the distinction between
"decent, law-abiding citizens who have a right to defend themselves"
and "criminals".  Is Karl supposed to be an example of a decent, law-
abiding citizen?  Let's look at Karl...

Is a decent, law-abiding citizen's first impulse to grab a gun and take
things into his own hands?  If you say yes, then I say they are the last
people who should have guns.  If you say no, then we must come to the
conclusion that Karl isn't very decent.

All Karl had to do was call the police, before things got out of hand,
and no one would have been hurt.


	Alan Driscoll
	Bell Labs, Murray Hill