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Article #3372Re: GUN CONTROL (was: Re: I'd just like to say I support Ann for Governor
From: Brad Bishop
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1994 17:00
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1994 17:00
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>The arguement I am hearing is that if the victims mentioned in the above >examples themselves had firearms, then they could succesfully prevent the >violence against them? If the students in Tiananmin Square had guns, then >perhaps China would be a democracy today? If the ethnic minorities choose >to shoot back a the police, then the police will can either retreat and >forget about them or they can attack with greater force in increased resolve. >Which seems more likely. There are lots of examples of people who did chose >to arm themselves and fight the unjust oppression and ended up dead. They >also were able to kill some of the oppressors as well. Violence begets violence. I would rather die to protect my freedom (even if it's a losing battle) than submit to being a slave for the government. Brad bbishop@austin.ibm.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd714,44a840f94edd3e03 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd714,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,642977eedb6b415e X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-Thread: f59be,2e27125b926e6893 X-Google-Attributes: gidf59be,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,642977eedb6b415e X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,faf138bd852a6ce6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-03 14:36:11 PST Newsgroups: tx.general,dfw.general,austin.general,tx.guns,tx.politics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!news.utdallas.edu!wupost!udel!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!portal.austin.ibm.com!awdprime.austin.ibm.com!news From: bbishop@austin.ibm.com (Brad Bishop) Subject: Re: GUN CONTROL (was: Re: I'd just like to say I support Ann for Governor Sender: news@austin.ibm.com (News id) Message-ID: <CypB8K.4uGJ@austin.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 17:00:20 GMT Reply-To: bbishop@austin.ibm.com (Brad Bishop) References: <CyAEHB.4FwE@austin.ibm.com> <85DF46735DC@annwfn.com> <395nrb$2ct@crchh518.bnr.ca> <1NOV199413405423@jane.uh.edu> <wcaspers.56.0000C669@bangate.compaq.com> <CynoLw.6L5C@austin.ibm.com> Organization: Independent X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.00 Lines: 16