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From: guads@nmtvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame,net.legal
Subject: Re: Re: Personal Defense
Message-ID: <443@nmtvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 27-Apr-85 20:31:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: nmtvax.443
Posted: Sat Apr 27 20:31:37 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 1-May-85 06:05:39 EDT
References: <350@idis.UUCP> <497@abnji.UUCP> <572@ahuta.UUCP> <498@lll-crg.ARPA> <419@utai.UUCP> <430@usl.UUCP> <>
Reply-To: guads@nmtvax.UUCP (Steven Lautzenheiser)
Organization: Society for the Prevention of Golfball Abuse
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Keywords: _B_l_e_n_d_e_r_s and _g_u_n_s
Xref: linus net.politics:8088 net.flame:8678 net.legal:1255
Summary: 


>In article <430@usl.UUCP> jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux) writes:
>>...
>>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 ...

In article <> fbp@cybvax0.UUCP (Rick Peralta) writes back:
>In the hands of an incompetent a blender can be dangerous.
>Does that mean we should ban blenders ?
>Impose outrageous penalties for their misuse ?


Think of how often you've heard of people being killed by loaded blenders,
compare this with the number of times you've heard of people being killed by
guns, and then _t_h_i_n_k next time before you type.
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