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- From: ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,talk.politics.guns
- Subject: Re: Registering "Assault Keys"
- Message-ID: <721496682.18273@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 15:44:42 GMT
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- From: amirza@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Anmar Caves)
- >In article <1992Nov10.044148.22135@netcom.com> gurgle@netcom.com (Pete Gontier) writes:
- >>
- >>>Or could it be that a ban
- >>>on guns looks to be the quick fix, even though I have yet to see any
- >>>evidence of its efficacy in reducing either homicide or other crimes of
- >>>violence, or overall accidental deaths.
- >>
- >>Quick, I dunno. Sure wouldn't hurt. Let's give it a try.
- >
- >Wrong, it would hurt. History has proven this time and time again.
- >New York, Wash. DC, Chicago, all places that have banned guns and have
- >the highest crime rates in the country, with the crime rates rising
- >dramatically after the citizenry was unarmed. History has also proven
- >that the first steps in oppressing a populace is to disarm them.
- > ...
-
- Could we keep the pure gun talk to talk.politics.guns? It sure doesn't fit
- sci.crypt or comp.org.eff.talk, or even alt.privacy.
-
- Thanks, Ron Sharp.
-