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Subject: Re: Replying to Gun Nuts Propaganda (was COMPUTER USER...)
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Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 17:49:45 EDT
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In article <827@pbhyc.UUCP> djo@pbhyc.UUCP (Dan'l DanehyOakes) writes:
>...I've had
>my place broken into more than once. 
>-- and my home's been broken into *there,* too -- which gives
>us a clear idea how much contact with the reality of the suburbs you have)

amazing... most people have never had their homes broken into... the odds
for this must be astronomical.  Not that I don't believe
you or anything...




>My characterization of people who want to keep guns for home defense is
>based on living in such neighborhoods for several years and observing the
>people around me.  About a dozen people known to me within a block of my
>home kept guns; two of them in less than one year used them to shoot someone
>who was *not* breaking into their house.
>


amazing... most people don't know 12 people within a block of their home,
much less whether they have guns.  You certainly are a social creature.
And to think that two of them would use guns to shoot someone within a year...

astronomical... Not that I dont' believe
you or anything...


>in the two days since that article was posted, I have received:
>	1 definite death threat
>	1 possible death threat
>	3 articles calling me various unprintable names
>

amazing... death.threats over the net...  You certainly do have your bad
luck, I mean with multiple break-ins, violent neighbors, and death
threats against you... odds must be astronomical.


I mean I believe you, but what about the rest of this net.crowd???








-- 
"Just because I'm paranoid it doesn't mean nobody is out to get me!"
- Jim Burke