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From: bae@fisher.UUCP (Shiva the Destroyer)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: The right to be a lethal danger
Message-ID: <644@fisher.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-May-85 14:44:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 30 14:44:08 1985
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> Yesterday, in St. John, Indiana, another lunatic with the "right to bear
> arms" ran amok with an automatic firearm, killing three people in or
> around a K-Mart store and critically injuring several more.

 Yesterday, on Main St., USA, another lunatic with the "right to drive"
 ran amok on the public roadway with a case of beer and a '67 Chevy, killing
 4 people in or around a K-Mart store and critically injuring several more.

> 
> And still the gun-lobby postures and pontificates about the "freedom of
> the indivdual (sic)".

 And still, the auto industry continues to request importation limits and
 federal protectionism.

> Your "freedom" to easily acquire a lethal-projectile weapon is placing
> the ability to kill with irresistible ease in the hands of anyone with a
> grudge.
> 
> Charles Lambert @ the Death Star, IL.

 Your "freedom" to easily acquire and operate a lethal projectile, a 3400lb
 chunk of American steel, is placing the ability to kill with irresistible
 ease in the hands of anyone with a beer.

-- 
                    Brian A. Ehrmantraut

					Ad Maioram Gloriam Hasturi!

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