On Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 01:51:05AM -0700, Benjamin Chad Wienke wrote:

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At 01:00 AM 11/16/97 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote:

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Hmm -- I've been robbed at gunpoint 3 times, pistol-whipped once. The perpetrators were all minorities; none were ever caught. Possessing a gun at the time wouldn't have made a positive difference in any of the cases, incidentally. (I own several guns; I am quite familiar with guns; I no longer really have a use for them, though.)

I thought Kent was a liberal suckup shill, but now I realize he is merely a stupid jackass. Unless Kent walks around in a semipermanent state of rectal defilade, having a gun in his posession WOULD have ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nice phrase.

made a significant difference in each case. A certain amount of situational awareness IS required to have your gun aimed at the punk(s) before the punks get the drop on you. Anyone unable to be aware of their surroundings deserves whatever they get--natural selection removing stupid genes from the pool and all that.

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. Say "hi" for us, to Tinkerbell and the rest of the crowd in Nevernever Land. -- Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited", kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke... PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55 http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html