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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Handgun megaflames.
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 13:08:58 EDT
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> In article (DON BLACK DTN 261-2739 MS: NIO/N13 LOC: POLE C6) writes:
> >  We could not eliminate alcohol, we cannot eliminate 
> >marijuana, we cannot eliminate cocaine, and we cannot eliminate handguns.
> >(Not to change the subject, but has anybody stopped to think that marijuana,
> >cocaine, and alcohol kill more people each year than firearms do?)
> 
> I have considered this point. It's completely wrong, but worth
> consideration. I suppose I should watch "reefer madness" a couple more
> times. "Alright, buddy! Gimme all your money or I'll stuff coke up your
> nose!"
> 
Reality attack: Drunk drivers kill as many people each year as ALL firearms
fatalities, including hunting accidents, suicide, justifiable homicide, and
murder.  That's drunk drivers ALONE.  Include diseases caused by alcohol,
accidental overdoses caused by cocaine, and stoned drivers, and handgun
fatalities are minor.  (Include cigarette caused deaths, and handguns aren't
even 10% of the deaths caused by drug abuse.)

> >     JoSH made some good points:
> 
> Yea for JoSH! :-) :-) :-) Wow! Three smiley faces! What a bright boy!
> 
> -- 
> Charles Forsythe
> CSDF@MIT-VAX
> "Don't get bogged down with details, just eat
>      the stupid peice of paper."
>         -Rev. Wang Zeep