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Subject: Re: Nothing to do with Gun Nuts
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Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 08:32:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 20 08:32:00 1987
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Reply-To: ooblick@eddie.MIT.EDU (Mikki Barry)
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In article <6504@apple.UUCP> zardoz@apple.UUCP (Phil Wayne) writes:

>So? I will match my long barrelled .45 at 100 feet against your karate. I win,
>hands down :->

Why did I *know* that somebody would come along with the "my gun is better
than your karate" line?  Do you think I'm a total idiot?  Unless I can
catch bullets in my teeth I am not going to win against your manly gun.
But if you had read what I said, it was MOST crimes in the home and MOST
sexual assaults are perpetrated WITHOUT guns.

>>from criminals, AND a check on the records of people before they can get
>>any kind of firearm.  Even APPLYING for a gun permit if you are a convicted
>>felon or mental patient with violent tendancies should be a violation of
>>law.

>Uh...it is a violation of federal law if your are a convicted felon. 

I didn't know that.  Probably because so many of them have gotten guns
so easily, and often times LEGALLY.  

>Did you ever try to load and fire a rifle with any speed. Unless you have an
>Uzi, or some other weapon with a clip, it can't be done. 

Did you ever try to load and fire a handgun with a burglar already in
your room with HIS gun pointing at you?  Sort of makes me think that your
weapons should already be loaded if you plan to use them for defense.
Otherwise, what is the point?

>As far as people blowing each other away, think of it as evolution in action.
>With any luck, there won't be any problem in a couple of years.

Not when a child is concerned who is too young to have learned the difference
between a toy and the real thing.

Mikki Barry