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From: sam@rocksvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Tired of Handgun Talk!!
Message-ID: <894@rocksvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 16:48:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 29 16:48:15 1983
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I own a nice little .38 Smith & Wesson.
I keep it loaded right by my bed.
If you threaten my family or me, I will use all reasonable means to
protect us; including deadly force.  Given a choice of weapons for
home protection, I'd much prefer a 12 guage shotgun, but they don't easily
fit in my nightstand.

There are a lot of people in a similar situation; this (approach) may or
may not reduce personal risk.  We somehow feel it does.  Also, it's
fun once or twice a year to go out and try to get a decent
target grouping with the noisy little thing.

We are a violent species and live in a violent environment (sometimes).

The issue of handgun possession is a small, personal one.

If one is concerned over harm to people (including oneself), there are
many much larger ones than this:  eg. nuclear arms, overpopulation &
starvation, chemical waste disposal, auto fatalities, accidents in 
the home, etc. ad-nauseum.

		sam//(cant we talk about the merits of shotgun guage
		      and shot size for awhile???)