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Article #3151Re: gun control (what a surprise!)
From: Billy J. Beckworth
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 21:11
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 21:11
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In article <3b5lm7$epg@boris.eden.com> jbarr@eden.com writes: >From: jbarr@eden.com >Subject: Re: gun control (what a surprise!) >Date: 25 Nov 1994 21:41:26 GMT >In <CzsxIL.5H0@metronet.com>, lfpowell@metronet.com (Skip Powell) writes: >> >>I heard on a radio talk show that more people are killed by hands and feet >>than guns each year? >In Texas, we were the first state to mange to kill more people with handguns >than with cars. At least the first state since auto travel became commonplace. >Rumor has it that the new Conservative power bloc is intent on changing all >that: they intend to raise the speed limit and do away with DWI law. Actually, what we managed to do in Texas was have all deaths with firearms exceed accidental deaths with an automobile. Accidental handgun deaths were only a few percent of auto deaths. regards, BJB =================================================================== Billy J. Beckworth bjb@bei.pic.net
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