Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!mit-vax!csdf From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Handguns (and their legitimate uses) Message-ID: <361@mit-vax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 04:35:35 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-vax.361 Posted: Fri Jul 12 04:35:35 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 02:07:48 EDT References: <406@ttidcb.UUCP> Reply-To: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 22 In article <406@ttidcb.UUCP> bellas@ttidcb.UUCP (Quicks' Draw) writes: >gone about a normal life (there is no way the police could protect >you in this situation). I often carry my handgun when out trailriding >to dispatch rattlesnakes where again a long gun would be impractical. >Think before you label handguns as only used for crime, there are >many legitimate uses. > > -Pete- I'm sure that in a gun-control situation, the authorities would be happy to license your use. As for handguns used for crime... there are no rattlesnakes in Cambridge Massachusetts and lots of police. If somebody is carrying a .357, they are more than likely up to no good. -- Charles Forsythe CSDF@MIT-VAX "The Church of Fred has yet to come under attack. No one knows about it." -Rev. Wang Zeep