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- From: TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: NO MORE **$(^*& FEMALE BIMBO ADS!!!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <69913@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 15:54:13 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >>>If a woman shoots a man in an isolated area at night, before he rapes her,
- >>>what does she use for a defense in court if his corpse is unarmed?
- >>
- >>Self-defense. Any other questions?
- >
- >What if he just wanted to know what time it is?
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- Then he probably shouldn't have raped her.
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- >
- >>>Twenty years for manslaughter could be as bad as getting raped.
- >>
- >>No reason anyone should do 20 years for self-defense. In the above
- >>case, you do what is always done...examine the evidence and
- >>come to a determination of guilt or lack of it.
- >
- >If a man walks towards a woman late at night, and she shoots him from
- >20 feet away there is no evidence as to whether he was going to rape
- >her or just ask her what time it is.
- >
- >>It would seem extremely unlikely that a woman who defends herself
- >>legally with a handgun will suffer prosecution.
- >
- >In the state of Mass she would have to have a good reason to get a
- >license for the protection of life and property. This is the only
- >level of handgun license that allows one to carry a concealed weapon.
- >
- >One good reason might be a previous rape, or she is being stalked by
- >someone whom she has a restraint order against.
- >
- >>Of course... she COULD just lay down and die. Is THAT worse than
- >>20 years?
- >
- >In Mass, that depends. At MCI Framingham, which is the only women's prison
- >in the state, one out of four inmates has HIV/AIDS, cells are overcrowded,
- >and rape and violence are common.
- >
- >While I feel that the gun laws here are too strict, I don't know if I would
- >want to live in a state where guns are handed out to anyone who steps up
- >to the counter with money.
- >
- >--
- >Rick Kelly Rick's Amiga Framingham, Mass.
- >
- > think!unixland!rmkhome!rkamiga!root
- >
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- TomK@cup.portal.com
- Tom Krotchko
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