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From: craig@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: mace, tazers, etc. - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 23:08:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 27 23:08:16 1983
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uokvax!craig    Oct 25 15:43:00 1983

I agree. When I worked in a sporting goods store, which sold firearms,
I was astounded by the number of people that wanted a .25 ACP pistol
for personal protection. I guess most people thought they could put
them in their pockets or purses; a tactic which is frowned on by the
police in all states. There is only one problem. If you ever DO have
to shoot at someone, a 1.5 inch sight plane won't help. Plus any police
department, including INTERPOL, recomends nothing smaller than .38 cal.

(We also had a woman buy a .22 mag deringer and when she stuck it into
her pants, she put a bullet just past her personal regions and had to be
treated for powder burns)

Even the folks that bought a big weapon showed no inclination to practice
with it. (If you don't like guns, you can see that this is foolish with
any defensive device. Including the teargas canisters people put on key
chains.)

This is not a pro-guns letter. It is not an anti-guns letter. It is a 
pro-common sense letter.

			
			David Swank II
			University of Oklahoma