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From: woolsey@umn-cs.UUCP (Jeff Woolsey)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: McDonald's (San Diego) Massacre - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 25-Jul-84 20:53:35 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 25 20:53:35 1984
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Organization: Computer Science Dept., U of Minn, Mpls, MN
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Doug Hosking writes:

      Although it's hard to accept it sometimes, a gun is nothing more or 
      less than a tool.  Like any other tool, it can be abused.  Baseball 
      bats can and have been used to kill people, but nobody's suggested 
      imprisoning the local Little League team for possession of dangerous 
      weapons.  In many ways, a chainsaw can be more deadly than a pistol, 
      yet you don't need a license to buy or use one.  Electricity kills 
      many people a year, yet we spend billions on new power plants.

Baseball bats are for hitting baseballs.
Chainsaws are for turning forests into lumber.
Electricity is for light, heat, communications, industry, ....
Guns are for poking holes in mammals.

Which one doesn't belong?

-- 
				Jeff Woolsey
				University of Minnesota Computer Center
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