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Re: Gun Control (was: Re: The Montreal massacre - this date, 1989....)

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From: Rosco
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 00:00
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In article <DJGppp.F6n@freenet.carleton.ca> Colin R. Leech 
(ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:

> I would sleep a lot better at night knowing that there were fewer 
> guns in the country, and fewer people able to use them. The *last* thing I
> would want to do is move to a violent society like the US where every
> yahoo has easy access to a gun.

Anyone in Canada who wants a firearm can obtain one illegally without much
trouble, as evidenced by a couple of reporters who got one within an hour of
trying.

> I prefer to live in a society where
> the default assumption is that you don't have to worry about the fellow on
> the sidewalk beside you being armed.

The fact that someone carries a firearm is not automatic reason for worrying
about him.

That you would suggest otherwise is a bigotted attack against responsible
firearms owners.

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From: Roger_Walker@CUEHere.Edmonton.AB.CA (Rosco)
Subject: Re: Gun Control (was: Re: The Montreal massacre - this date, 1989....)
Date: 1995/12/16
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