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- From: russ@bbxrbk (Russ Kepler)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Re: More Gun Control
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.004448.12123@bbxrbk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 00:44:48 GMT
- References: <fB8js*xZ0@prolix.apana.org.au> <1993Jan19.222721.22480@igor.tamri.com> <3Tpks*7-0@prolix.apana.org.au>
- Organization: russ at home in Albuquerque New Mexico
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- In article <3Tpks*7-0@prolix.apana.org.au> dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton) writes:
- >> Not necessarily. For example, one could keep a loaded double action revolver,
- >> with a trigger lock BEHIND the trigger. No way to fire it without removing
- >
- >"Hang on a minute, Mr Masked Attacker, I just need to find my
- >keys, get them out, and unlock the trigger lock on my
- >double-action revolver, and then I'm going to blow you away. Ta."
- >
- >Sure, Don. This is just so utterly and totally believable.
-
- Tell you what, DAC, next time you're in Albuquerque feel free to break
- into my house. I have a handgun in the bedroom in a locked case. Just
- break into the place through the front door and you can have
- everything that your bleeding carcass can carry out. I've got some
- neat computer gear back in the study and lots of tools in the garage,
- so it's worth your while...
-
- This must be a good deal, right? It's locked up and everything.
-
- Note to the non-DAC in the viweing audience: there are lots of ways to
- prevent accidental discharge of a firearm or misuse by someone in your
- house. DAC isn't an expert on these things, and clearly knows nothing
- on this topic, yet clearly feels that it's acceptable to belittle the
- statements of someone who know something.
-
- Note to DAC: there are ways of securing firearms such that they're
- same from casual use by passers by and children yet still are
- available for defensive purposes. I hope that I'll never have to
- remove the handgun and use it, but it's available much in the same way
- as I carry flares and a mud-jack in the truck - just in case I need
- it. I'm sorry that you feel threatened by that position, but I'll
- always believe that my wife and kids are worth more than joe random
- thief, and act appropriately.
-
- --
- Russ Kepler, posting from home russ@bbx.basis.com, bbxrbk!russ@bbx.basis.com
- "It's better to be quotable than to be honest" - Tom Stoppard
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