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From: credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: My problems with rape (or why my views are so different from
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Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 19:42:54 EDT
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>Unfortunately, the level of irrationality that John is concerned about is
>a problem AFTER someone has been victimized.  Would I encourage a woman
>(or for that matter, a man) who had been victimized on the street to carry
>a gun?  No, not until they had recovered from the trauma enough to NOT
>consider everyone a potential attacker.  But most people, until they have
>been victimized, do not consider ANY form of self-defense, armed or unarmed.
>And thus, the people most likely to make rational decisions about whether
>they are in danger of great bodily harm are the ones least likely to be
>armed.
>
>But if John doesn't realize that MOST people (probably 99%) can tell the
>difference between immediate danger, and feeling uncomfortable, I'm
>inclined to think this problem is mostly John's.
>

Great.  That means only 1 per cent of the population is out there
ready to shoot me for no particular reason.


I hope only a small percentage of that 1 per cent lives in states and
countries where they can buy guns for "self-defence".  I wouldn't want
to be nearby when they suddenly felt defensive.