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From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: violence on the roads
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Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 10:17:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 17 10:17:00 1985
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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.