-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 09:09 AM 11/17/97 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote:
You quite clearly don't know what you are talking about, little boy. My Dad got me my first gun when I was around 8, 40 some years ago. By the time I was your emotional age (12) I knew that guns weren't toys.
Well, you got the edge on me there; I got my first when I was 12, but my dad let me shoot his .357 Magnum when I was 7. I recall a period of time when some punks were following me around because I had ratted on one of their friends. I got tired of it, got a B-27 silhouette target, and shot out the X-ring with my Para-Ordnance P10.45. I nailed the used target to my front door, and started wearing a fanny pack, and it was amazing how the punk sightings diminished dramatically. I never even had to draw my gun--all I had to do was convince them I carried one and was willing to use it effectively if necessary. Of course, if you would rather be shot than live with the consequences of shooting someone that is your choice. But saying that having a gun wouldn't make a difference is pretty ignorant--it can make a HUGE difference IF you are willing to use it--and pay attention to your surroundings such that you have the gun in hand before you are in the middle of a circle of assholes with drawn weapons. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Business Security 5.5 iQEVAwUBNHET0vVLt662DSXhAQE/CAf/Z7rhFGFLS6VFHuXP3/V+LATUh4Syf7Ge g+Fg1FFwf2iV3upBwae7sVTmkv1oQiCYOSo07+Sjl3ot+SsvztztCvFqnUjpFiMg AzQbyG8oKaeyv9qZyvMWTveJz2GkoqFX0MFnRz5ABpqmDS159hCxvs62dMzuo9+X 0mXZA4KLMoXsxiBBKGpwDJr8llcb6eQfaIw1FthZ+lzxrgVFDIl3O5/XyzfH+UPP 4CFf109B+knFIcpAIdQiS9ZQoNZcWTX247kqOm244fk76gluAGy0skT9l1FMCvbG 8LrlKvyO0ZWR39q6fDSPyoD+/os5/9B7oPY7vK71KkwRe3XtiNjneA== =sgBM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com