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Article #3492Re: gun control (what a surprise!)
From: Griff Miller
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 18:05
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 18:05
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In article <381enk$fn1@utdallas.edu> jspence@utdallas.edu writes: >I believe that much of the social change that hase occured the the last >150 years was not based on empirical studies, but on emotions and the >plight of men, women, and children. I wish to control hand guns and >automatic weapons, not because they kill, but because I see no need for >the ordinary citizen to possess them. I see no need for people to drink alcohol. Honestly. I think it's one of the dumbest things that people do. Except smoking - that's dumber. I think we should ban them both. What do you think? >:-| >For protection in the house, I'd prefer a shotgun >loaded with rock salt. Only rarely will the blast kill someone. The roar >and the visable presents will frighten most intruders. And salt in the >open wound will leave memories. I wasn't aware that criminals used rock salt, too. -- Griff.Miller@wg.waii.com - Resident Programmer - Western Geophysical *** My opinions are mine, not Western's. *** "A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord." (Proverbs 19:3)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,faf138bd852a6ce6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,f712f68171682c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,f712f68171682c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-24 11:15:23 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!news.uh.edu!swrinde!news.dell.com!tadpole.com!uunet!airgun.wg.waii.com!hmsp04.wg.waii.com!miller From: miller@hmsp04.wg.waii.com (Griff Miller) Newsgroups: tx.general,austin.general,dfw.general Subject: Re: gun control (what a surprise!) Date: 24 Oct 1994 18:05:23 GMT Organization: Western Geo. - Div of Western Atlas Intn'l Inc., Houston, TX Lines: 24 Distribution: tx Message-ID: <38gt13$i10@airgun.wg.waii.com> References: <37v69t$jlt@zeus.fasttax.com> <MCINTOSH.94Oct18131315@athene.rice.edu> <381enk$fn1@utdallas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hmsp04.wg.waii.com