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Re: "Concealed Carry" laws STOP SHOOTING SPREES!

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From: Ron Miller
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:00
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Merlin Dorfman (dorfman@netcom12.netcom.com) wrote:
: quit using this alloy (light and strong though it is) because it is
: so  brittle.  Wasn't it brittle crack propagation in 7075 that caused
: the Comet I crashes in the mid-50s?

Wasn't it Boeing that did some kind of demo about the early 707 that showed how
they could puncture the fuselage and they had a form of 'rip stop' 
construction that prevented catastrophic propagation of the tear?
(direct design response to the Comet problems).

Mr. Eglestone has my undivided attention as to his answer. (he has
knowlege and is on MY side of the agenda so I tend to trust his 
description of what might happen. I would not have guessed that
aircraft skinning was brittle).


Ok, so guns can cause bad stuff to happen on jets. So why would the City
of Ft. Collins ban carry of guns on BUSSES???? 

Ron Miller
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From: ron@fc.hp.com (Ron Miller)
Subject: Re: "Concealed Carry" laws STOP SHOOTING SPREES!
Date: 1999/08/30
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