Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!sunny From: sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.rec Subject: Re: Merry Christmas from the NRA Message-ID: <1925@sun.uucp> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 05:22:28 EST Article-I.D.: sun.1925 Posted: Tue Jan 8 05:22:28 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 06:42:46 EST References: <2974@allegra.UUCP> <1912@sun.uucp> <243@harvard.ARPA> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.politics:6685 net.rec:194 > > > > > > Last year, Handguns killed > > > 10,728 in the united states > > > > Fact is, Handguns never kill anyone. > > People kill People, and they use a variety of tools to do so. > > -- > > {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny > > The question raised by the numbers given in the original > letter, most of which you have left out, is whether these > People who kill People would have done so if they did > not have access to handguns. Studies say no; what do you say? > > David Albert > -- > ihnp4!ut-sally!harvard!albert (ARPAnet) I say the numbers ain't worth the paper they're printed on unless you have the associated sociological study of who pulled the trigger, and what their previous criminal record was. -- {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny