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From: jj@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: rabbit!jj on gun control
Message-ID: <1990@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 10:49:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 10:49:25 1983
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"All Karl had to do was call the police"
So, what does he do in the time between when he calls and the police
arrive, when the creep busts in the door and kills all of them
with his tire iron? <such a thing takes about 2.5 minutes,
so it's entirely possible>  Perhaps you think that there
"could have been no injuries".  You weren't  there, and
are in no position to make judgements about a situation
you have little information about. <The same holds true for
the rest of us in the netnews group.>

Your repeated attacks ("foot in mouth again") are getting to be 
really boring.  Let's hear you provide a solution that's 
workable for once, either for an economic system or for
self defense.

Perhaps indeed Karl should have called the police the first time that
the creep showed up.  Perhaps he was trying to avoid TURNING THE 
CREEP INTO A FELON, since there was nothing but shouting the first time.
<Most such incidents end after the shouting, as anyone who's lived
ANYWHERE in the world that's occupied by at least two people must know>
When the guy showed up with a weapon, he DID call the police.

I'm sure you'd call the police at the first opportunity, Alan,
but would you make a situation better or worse by doing that?


You seem to have nothing much to say about gun control, you seem
to be content to attack the people who were involved, and then
anyone who thinks that the victims might have a right to 
defend themselves.  Why don't you just admit that the life
of a law abiding citizen is, to you, worth less than that
of a criminal?

rabbit!<disgusted>jj