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- From: gurgle@netcom.com (Pete Gontier)
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- Subject: Re: Registering "Assault Keys"
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- Date: 12 Nov 92 06:48:26 GMT
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- mjp@austin.ibm.com (Michael Phelps) writes:
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- >|> I understand that a ban on handguns would merely be a band-aid. That
- >|> doesn't change my preference.
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- > If the goal is to make society safer, clearly the problem to be addressed is
- > violent crime, of all sorts. Banning handguns isn't gonna solve it - but
- > you already know that!
-
- Of course it won't *solve* it. You won't find any bigger an advocate
- of solutions over fixes than me. However, as a temporary measure, I can
- think of worse things than a ban on handguns, inaction being one.
-
- > If the goal is to force your views and beliefs on millions of other people...
-
- "Once again, Paul, you have crystallized my thoughts perfectly." -- D.L.
-
- > If you feel that they are just too dangerous for people to own, consider the
- > numbers - there are about 200 million handguns in the US, and about 12000
- > firearms homicides per year, and 1400 accidental firarms deaths. That makes
- > firearms safer than automobiles.
-
- But the difference we both are likely to find more important is that I think
- automobiles are useful and you think handguns are useful.
- --
- Pete Gontier // EC Technology // gurgle@netcom.com
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