Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site calmasd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdcc6!calmasd!cjn From: cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Constitutional rights and bearing arms Message-ID: <247@calmasd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 03:28:30 EST Article-I.D.: calmasd.247 Posted: Sun Jan 13 03:28:30 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 01:14:36 EST References: <206@ihu1m.UUCP>Reply-To: cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) Organization: Calma Company, San Diego, CA Lines: 18 Summary: There is no point whatever in letting people have operational handguns. If you want to collect them, fine. Just make sure they can't be fired (Or at least make sure that it would take a few hours work to put them in firing condition.). I don't see any purpose in having them. There are better ways to protect your home and you shouldn't be allowed to carry them on the streets and endanger other people. I'd be interested in seeing some statistics on how many people have sucessfully defended themselves with handguns vs. the number of people who were hurt by them. Something tells me you're far safer without guns than with them. -- Cheryl Nemeth All opinions expressed in this article are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Calma Company or my cats. "Life is a series of rude awakenings" R. V. Winkle [Robert Asprin]