Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!ihnp1!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!mikey From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: violence on the roads Message-ID: <55200135@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 10:17:00 EST Article-I.D.: trsvax.55200135 Posted: Thu Jan 17 10:17:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 10:39:05 EST References: <1210@shark.UUCP> Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:shark:-121000:trsvax:55200135:000:1320 Nf-From: trsvax!mikey Jan 17 09:17:00 1985 I remember about the town that required handgun ownership. What you didn't mention is that people there are REQUIRED to be proficient in the use of their handguns. Education can eliminate a lot of the accidents that occur with handguns. BTW, I don't remember the town name, but I do recall that it is in Georgia. What the whole issue of gun control, drunk driving, etc. is that we need to promote responsibility, not restrictions. Outlawing guns, alcohol, drugs, or whatever won't eliminate any problems, it just punishes the majority of responsible people. Make everybody responsible for their actions, and PUNISH those who aren't! What gets me really flamed up is when you see on the news someone who committed a crime state, "I was high, I didn't know what I was doing" BULLSHIT!!!! Hang the fucker for getting in the condition where he didn't know what he was doing. I'll bet if you grabbed all the obnoxious drunks at parties, not even half would really be drunk, they're just using drinking as an excuse to change their personalities. Some assholes use any excuse they can to get attention, they don't realize that I, and I suspect others, think that this shows them for the morons they really are. mikey at trsvax Of course, my own opinins, not necessarily those of my employer or anyone else.