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Subject: Re: rape and other assorted stuff
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 11:52:51 EDT
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Oops!

I let several oversights and typos slip into my recent followup.  I
hope the following translation isn't too late to help it make sense.

> The thing that bothers me about this is *how do you know it is a
> rapist* at 5 feet?  I wouldn't imagine that the rapist is going to
> make it any more obvious than necessary until close enough to grap his

grap = grab

> quarry.  A well trained shooter with a very accessible weapon may be
> fast enouth to respond in time under those conditions.  Unfortunately,
> too many people don't bother to learn how to use it at all, much less
> become proficient with it.

"It", of course, is the gun.

> .
> .
> .
> 
> While I believe that most, if not all, anti-gun laws are, at best,
> misguided, I'm also not convinced that having a lot of undisciplined,
> untrained and largely incompetent people running about the streets is
> a good idea.  (And, yes, I know that is inconsistent.)

That should have read: "...running about the streets with guns..."

> 
> All opinions are, of course, only mine.
> 
	They still are.

I apologize for any inconvenience to net readers -- I'll try to do
better next time.

-- 
Charlie Sorsby
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