Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ISM780.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!cca!ISM780!michaelf From: michaelf@ISM780.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Lethal danger - my retirement speech Message-ID: <37300001@ISM780.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 16:59:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ISM780.37300001 Posted: Mon Jul 8 16:59:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 04:23:57 EDT References: <1193@ihuxe.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:ihuxe:-119300:ISM780:37300001:177600:528 Nf-From: ISM780!michaelf Jul 8 16:59:00 1985 The 10,000+ handgun-related deaths figure does not count the number of victims who lived, which is also easily in the thousands. Sometimes a near-fatal wound is worse than a fatal one. Of these 10,000+, I wonder how many people were protected or how many "bad guys" were shot. Having 9,000+ wrongful deaths to safeguard the few cases of legitimate protection is a pretty stupid situation. Sadly, the situation will never be corrected in this country.