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Re: "assault weapons" and their use in crime

#3507
From: John F. Haugh II
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 03:23
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In article <NEWTNews.22820.782986173.woolfson@woolfson.unicom.net> Eric Woolfson <woolf@unicom.net> writes:
>     And your point is:
>
>       A) Not enough people are being killed by assault weapons
>            for us to do anything about it.
>
>       B) Gee, it's too bad they are dead, but look at all the 
>            great BENEFITS we are getting from over the counter
>            sales of these things. Like for instance.......
>     
>       C) I've got my Uzi, and anyone that tries to take it from
>            is chopped beef.

Ping-pong sends 1,400+ people a year to the emergency room according
to the Consumer Product Safety folks.  If you want to save America,
outlaw ping-pong, step ladders, bathtubs, and a host of other things
all of which kill or maim more people that assault weapons.
-- 
John F. Haugh II  [ NRA-ILA ] [ Kill Barney ] !'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151 [GOP][DoF #17][PADI][ENTJ]   @'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org
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 States Constitution, and the UNIX System V Release 4 Programmer's Reference.
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From: jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II)
Subject: Re: "assault weapons" and their use in crime
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Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin TX
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