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- From: ksm@abb-sc.abb-sc.com (Ashley)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Guns & self defense
- Message-ID: <1240@abb-sc.abb-sc.COM>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:16:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.100728.7415@csus.edu>, gharlane@nextnet.csus.edu (Gharlane of Eddore) writes...
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- > Don't count on it. On at least a couple occasions in my life, I
- > stayed alive solely because I happened to be carrying a semi-automatic
- > pistol and be competent in its use. When you're faced with a GROUP
- > of armed scum, unless you're as fast as greased lightning, a
- > revolver simply won't do the job. If I hadn't been carrying a
- > nice old Model 1911A-1 Colt, I'd have gotten killed.
-
- You have made a very effective argument for being armed, but I noticed
- something that was missing. Most of the situations you describe are avoidable.
- The psychotic ex-whatever turning up armed at the door is an exception, but
- Camille Paglia was correct in her example that you don't walk down a dark
- alleyway alone if you don't want to get assulted.
- I'm *not* saying that this is what you did, but it is true and knowing
- how *not* to get into a voilent situation is the first thing they teach you in
- many marshal arts and self-defense classes. I have found this to be very
- usefull and cannot imagine putting myself in a situation where I was going to
- be surrounded by gun toting thugs.
-
- The other thing I'm noticing about a number of the posts here is the
- chest thumping. I'm *not* talking about anyone in particular, I don't want to
- point any statements out, but I have noticed a lot of the descriptions and
- diatribes being posted remind me of adolecent males talking about their dicks.
- Handguns, rifles, machine guns, all described with loving joy. These are
- weapons for killing people we are talking about! Just keep that in mind. It's
- starting to sound as bad as my trip to the gunshop where a greasy man fondled
- the barrel of a gun he wanted to sell me and talked about how fast it could
- "spurt" bullets. Not as "potent" as his gun of course, but it can really
- "spew out the lead". Just sick.
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- - Ashley
- (probably out of my depth, but I don't care)
-