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

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From: Colin R. Leech
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 00:00
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 (werewolf@io.org) writes:
> In <DJGppp.F6n@freenet.carleton.ca>, ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) writes:
>>
>>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.
> 
> I take it you haven't walked around the Jane/Finch area of Toronto
> lately?

In fact, I used to live there. First of all, it is not as bad as its
reputation. Secondly, even if guns were ubiquitous there (other than the
drug dealers), that would only re-inforce the point that it's an
undesirable place to live, so I don't see what your point is.
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From: ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
Subject: Re: Gun Control (was: Re: The Montreal massacre - this date, 1989....)
Date: 1995/12/15
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