Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!albert From: albert@harvard.ARPA (David Albert) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.rec Subject: Re: Merry Christmas from the NRA Message-ID: <243@harvard.ARPA> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 19:17:08 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.243 Posted: Thu Jan 3 19:17:08 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:21:38 EST References: <2974@allegra.UUCP> <1912@sun.uucp> Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.politics:6620 net.rec:186 > > > > 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)