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Re: The 'Beauty' of Guns (was: Re: The Montreal massacre - this date, 1989....)

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From: larry soo
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00
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ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) wrote:

>Indeed. The "beauty" of a gun from the point of view of a terrorist or
>madman is that hardly any preparation is required. You don't have to be
>smart enough to figure out the quantities of ingredients required to make a
>bomb, you don't have to take the time to assemble it, etc. You just pick it
>up, and you're in business.

Right...and you have to be within line-of-sight with your victim,
somewhere in the immediate vicinity and willing to make a lot of noise
which would reveal your position.  Guess that's also why terrorists
use bombs, gas, knives, garottes, etc etc.

Oh, so what the hell was your point?

...lars
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From: larry_soo@mindlink.bc.ca (larry soo)
Subject: Re: The 'Beauty' of Guns (was: Re: The Montreal massacre - this date, 1989....)
Date: 1995/12/14
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