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- From: cash@convex.com (Peter Cash)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Rifle in Defense ( was Re: Why are there no reliable semi-auto shotguns? )
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.223935.8073@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:10:01 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: The Instrumentality
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <199211171713.AA28975@cherokee.advtech.uswest.com> kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes:
- ...
- #This is an interesting choice. I always wonder when would one pick his
- #rifle for defense purpose, assuming he is a regular citizen and he has
- #other choices like handguns and shotguns. ( Noting the plural nouns ;)
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- #When I took an AR15 shooting class from a cop, he told me the regular
- #stuff: I wish you would never have to use it for self-defense purpose.....
- #I'm wondering if you guys can give me a scenario in which I might want to
- #use a rifle instead of other weapons. Thanks.
-
- Well how about this: Due to a disaster (hurricane, flood, earthquake,
- insurrection, war, take yer pick) there has been a general breakdown of
- civilized conduct and good manners. In fact, unwelcome visitors are
- infiltrating the neighborhood in large, boisterous groups brandishing an
- assortment of weaponry. The police are nowhere to be seen. You and your
- neighbors find it necessary to set up an informal militia to protect the
- environs by patroling and manning roadblocks.
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- Given this scenario, _I_ would rather be armed with something that packs a
- bit more punch than a handgun, has a longer range than a shotgun, and is
- reasonably accurate: in short, an Evil Assault Rifle (tm).
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