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From: tooch@avsdS.UUCP (Michael J. Tuciarone)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: home defense (get it right the first time)
Message-ID: <51@avsdS.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 01:18:41 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  7 01:18:41 1985
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Organization: Ampex Audio-Video Engineering, Redwood City, CA
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You've all missed the boat.

I'm not a violent person, and I certainly don't  advocate  random
acts  of  senseless  violence,  but  if there's one thing I won't
compromise on it's the safety of my little woman and her  family.
That's why I didn't buy a pistol, shotgun, rifle, or any other of
those pissant sissy guns.

I bought my wife an Uzi.

It's great! It's light, it's quick,  and  it  hardly  ever  jams.
Here's why:

1. The way I see it, if  the  first   bullet   doesn't   get  the
low-life   sleazy  junkie  commie  rapist  ax-murderer,  the next
thousand or so should. I'm willing to trade  some  holes  in   my
wall,  couch, garage, car, dog, lawn, and next-door  neighbor for
the knowledge that there's  not a piece of the  assailant  bigger
than his ear left in MY house.

  2. OK, so it's  a   little   hard   to   control   just   where
you're spraying bullets. Big deal. See (1) above.

  3. OK, so  it's  a  little  loud.  But  when  the  second  perp
hears   the  first  getting  sliced  'n'  diced, you can bet your
sweet kazoo  he's   gonna   move   out.   And   when  word   gets
around,   there's   NO  criminal  (not even the hard  cases  from
Seacaucus)  that's   going   to   even consider breaking in  your
personal domicile.

  4. There's    been    some     talk     about     psychological
preparedness.   ("Come   on,   you  don't  *really*  want to ven-
tilate  another  feeling,  caring   human    being,    do  you?")
With   a   submachine   gun,  you  don't  need to be prepared for
anything at  all.  A  couple  of  pounds   on  the  trigger,  and
boom, swiss cheese.

I'd love to say more (I have at least three or four more points),
but I'm tired and I have to go oil my Kalashnikov.

Let's do it to them before they do it to us.

Mike Tuciarone
Ampex Corporation--Audio/Video Systems
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