Automatic's

[petro]

>petro wrote:
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>>          The only good use for a pistol is to fight your way to a rifle.
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>        True, except that it's not a good idea in most cities and towns to walk
>around carrying a rifle. Or, maybe it is a *good* idea, but some people don't
>like it. And then you're much more likely to have to use it when you really
>didn't want to.

	Pistols are *handy*, but that doesn't mean they are a good 
tool for the job. They are, at best adequate.


>        Trust me, carry a pistol -- concealed --- everything will go much
>better. And trying to carry something like a Desert Eagle concealed, in the
>Summer wearing shorts and tanktop ain't easy. Life is full of conflicts like
>this. Should I, or shouldn't I?

	I would, were I in Washington State, or any one of the 8 
states that it has reciprocity with, carry my HK-p7. As it is, I live 
in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia, one of a minority of states 
whose citizens are too ignorant and untrustworthy to be allowed to 
carry a concealed weapon.
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