Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!crs From: crs@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: rape and other assorted stuff Message-ID: <27823@lanl.ARPA> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 11:52:51 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl.27823 Posted: Tue Jul 2 11:52:51 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 04:27:59 EDT References: <191@cuuxa.UUCP> <2919@sdcc3.UUCP> <2301@sun.uucp> <257@kontron.UUCP> <176@ihlpl.UUCP> <295@kontron.UUCP> <27792@lanl.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 41 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 ...!{cmcl2,ihnp4,...}!lanl!crs crs@lanl.arpa