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Article #22Re: Pepper Spray article -- quite fascinating
From: keethie
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00
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Have I missed something or was I just hallucinating the dramatic statistical drop in the crime rate in the U.S.? Seems like the most useful thing to own a firearm for today is plinking--more fun, too (tastes great/less filling argument to follow). In article <dberkes-0101981153160001@192.168.1.30>, dberkes@marvin.webcom.com (Dan Berkes-Lemos) wrote: >In article <68gks0$7gf$1@nnrp1.crl.com>, pstrogenANTISPAM@crl.com wrote: > >> With the dramatic increase in the incidence of asthma, among >> children and adults alike, the continued unregulated sale of >> this product is sheer stupidity! > >With the dramatic increase in the incidence of rapes, muggings, and other >violent crime, the expectation that the police will provide any sort of >protection once you take a self-defense measure out of the hands of plain >old ordinary citizens is sheer stupidy. > >Or would you rather that the citizenry arm themselves with the latest >Saturday night specials instead? > >Speaking of which, since it seems to be fairly easy to purchase an illicit >firearm if one really wants one, imagine what regulation and prohibition >would do for the distribution of pepper spray. > >-- > Dan Berkes-Lemos \\// dberkes@marvin.webcom.com >"This life is stranger than fiction" -- Duran Duran > Zap the martian to reply via mail -- Remove the words "NOSPAM" from my address before replying.
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