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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Handguns (well, rifles would be better) as an alternative to Nuclear War
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 22:39:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 22:39:19 1983
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Here is an idea that I have had for a long time. Nuclear War is a bad thing.
Being annexed by the Russians is another bad thing. it would be nice if we
could do without the nuclear weapons without having to worry about a Russian
takeover. Now, if every North American had a rifle, and was trained to use
it, and most were damn sure that one of the reasons they had their rifles
was so that they could repell a Russian invasion we could get rid of the
nukes. This, of course, would leave Europe less well defended than I would
like. 

Perhaps the time for the 'professional soldier' and even the conscripted
soldier is past. We make war on civilians these days. And it seems about
time that the civilians recognised this and got ready to fight back. Of
course, this means that war will not be veiwed as a horrible thing that
can never happen, but as a very real thing which happens to people all
the time. This will please the Viet Nam Vet I know, who feels that the
whole world thinks that he is 'out of time' since wars 'just don't happen
to real folk'.

Laura Creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura