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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Re: re: home defense
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 16:26:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 18 16:26:06 1985
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> >> Unless you are positive that you are prepared to shoot and kill another
> >> human being, don't keep a weapon around in the hopes of scaring someone
> >> off.  ...
> >> ....  If you want to
> >> find out if you have the guts to kill another person, first go out deer
> >> hunting with a borrowed rifle.  After you have shot the deer in the gut
> >> and it is lying on the ground with its innards pouring out, if you can
> >> calmly walk over and put that last bullet in its head (or heart) and
> >> then get a good nights sleep, then you MIGHT have what it takes.

    So, after having trudged up and down mountainsides for anywhere from 3-10
miles, wearing 10 lbs of restrictive clothing and heavy boots, carrying a
~7 lb rifle, attempting to remain totally alert and quiet at all times, you
manage to get your deer (if you're lucky enough to see one, in range, the
right sex, etc., long enough to get an accurate shot off.)  Then you drag
the deer (which should weigh 100-125 lbs or so) for anywhere from 1-4 miles,
over rocks, around trees and brush, etc.  Then you drive home.  And remember,
kiddies, that you got up at 5:00 am.
    And this guy thinks you might have trouble sleeping!  Only if you're too 
dim to realize that there is no moral difference between killing a deer and
ordering a quarter pounder (with or without cheese) at McD's.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
ihnp4!mhuxt!js2j
    "I went down to the Scrub and Rub,
     but I had to sit in the back of the tub." - Dylan