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- From: markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr)
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- Subject: Re: the US elections...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.000049.19227@radian.uucp>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 00:00:49 GMT
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- In article <7793@monmouth.edu> c1741@moncol.monmouth.edu (MICHAEL CARSON) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov11.083707.29169@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >>altheimm@nextnet.csus.edu (Murray Altheim) writes:
- <deleted>>
- > At least in the Texas incident, the death toll would have been MUCH
- >lower if there had been ONE armed, trained and responsible citizen in there.
- >
- I see. You want *everyone* packing a pistol.
-
- Sorry, but *I* would suspect that if other people were carrying, you'd have
- wound up with *many* more victims, from the gunfight. If, on the other hand,
- a number of the people had said, "he's gonna kill me, I might as well die
- stopping him", instead of just one person, he could have been stopped a lot
- sooner. There are certainly plenty of people who would, even if packing,
- have been afraid to reach for the gun, or use it, anyway.
-
- There was an incident a few years back, where this woman who was off her
- rocker carried a rifle (and maybe more weapons, I don't remember) into
- Springfield Mall, in a suburb of Philly. She killed 5 people, I think.
- Finally, somebody behind her just said "the hell with this", and tackled
- her, disarming her, then sitting on her till the cops came.
-
- We don't need more guns, we need people willing to *do* something. I could
- have sworn people *admired* Wyatt Earp when he instituted the "Dodge City
- Rule". I thought they were under the impression it meant civilization had
- come.
-
- mark
-