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From: mnl@cernvax.UUCP (mnl)
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Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya :-) :-) :-)
Message-ID: <302@cernvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-May-86 19:43:25 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  3 19:43:25 1986
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In article <1123@erix.UUCP> mike@erix.UUCP (Mike Williams) writes:
>One result of the recent Libian / USA confrontation appears to be the
>decrease in American tourists coming to Europe. This will have severe
>consequences on a large group of Europeans.
>
> :-) [list of people affected by the lack of rich inconsiderate
>      Americans]
>   
>  .....
>
>
>P.P.P.S
>Is it much safer to walk the streets of a European city (even with the
>threats of being blown up by a terrorist bomb) than walk the streets of
>an American city where one risks being killed by a (non terrorist) gun
>touting 'defender of democracy' (c.f. 50 Americans/year killed by
>terrorists, 17,000 killed by hand guns!)?

You miss the whole point.  Being shot by a hand-gun is an all-American
way to die.  Why else did they just weaken the 1968 (?) hand-gun
control law?  It's obvious--not enough Americans are being shot to
death.(:-)  (Actually, I think it is a good sign.  One of the things
which prompted the passing of stricter gun laws in the 1960's was
President Kennedy's assasination--with a gun bought by mail order. Now
we've had an unsuccesful assasination attempt against Reagan in 1982,
so they are weakening those laws. :-)

An ex-patriate American (temporarily)

-- 
Mark Nelson

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