On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote:
The facts are very clear, if you have a handgun in the house it is far more likely to kill a member of the familly than stop an intruder. The NRA know this which is why they have lobbied for the CDC to stop research in this area - they do not like the facts. And most people who die after jumping out of airplanes have (defective)
At 03:38 PM 7/23/96 -0400, hallam@Etna.ai.mit.edu wrote: parachutes. Therefore it is safer to jump out of airplanes without parachutes. The CDC sucked suicides into the mix to cook the books and suicide by firearms is a *legitimate* use of same. Surely you believe in the "right to die," don't you?
Why is the CDC getting involved in gun death? Is lead a virus? Can you catch Colt .357itis? Is there a vaccine that doesn't leave you brainless and statist? Petro, Christopher C. petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> snow@smoke.suba.com