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From: jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame,net.legal
Subject: Re: Re: Personal Defense
Message-ID: <430@usl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 19:20:58 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 19:20:58 1985
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Reply-To: jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux)
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In article <419@utai.UUCP> west@utai.UUCP (Thomas L. West) writes:

>Eugene D. Brooks III writes:
>>I agree that the probability of good citizens getting hurt accidentally
>>goes up by epsilon each time a good citizen carries a weapon.  You are
>>missing an important factor that offsets this negative.  A good citizen
>>carrying a weapon is in a position to help someone else being attacked.
>>The probability of a well trained individual helping another is far greater
>>than hurting someone by accident.
>
>   Hold it right there.  Do you have *any* facts, figures, articles or
>*anything* to back this up.  My strong guess is that you are 180 degrees
>out, and that far more people are injured by "good citizens" than are
>"saved" by other "good citizens" coming to their rescue.  All I ask for
>
>   Tom West
>ihnp4!utcsri!west

My  own feeling is that weapons, whatever they may be (including martial
arts), are dangerous not only to other local citizens, but even to one's
self  if one is UNTRAINED in using them.  My personal experience is that
most people ARE  pretty  inexperienced  with  the  weapons  they  carry.
*Especially* guns.

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				    Joseph Arceneaux

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