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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Any time I go near the NRA, I'm struck by one fact: These folk are, from a crime writer's point of view, the most deadeningly dull, boring, unproductive people on earth. As individuals they're like anyone else, ariegated, of both sexes and all ages, from every job and walk of life. Crime-wise, they're a bust. I doubt that in aggregate, even with lying and exaggeration and resume-inflation, they could muster a criminal record to match a good weekend with Ted Kennedy.[/quote]
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Note that legislation proposed by the anti-gun people is not aimed at criminals, but at law-abiding owners of guns. For example, eliminating concealed-carry permits would have no effect on crime, since people who have carry permits have to demonstrate they have no criminal record: they don't commit crime. Criminals will carry concealed anyway. The anti--gun enthusiasts want to disarm the white conservative middle-class chiefly because they dislike them. Guns aren't the issue.[/quote]
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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Any time I go near the NRA, I'm struck by one fact: These folk are, from a crime writer's point of view, the most deadeningly dull, boring, unproductive people on earth. As individuals they're like anyone else, ariegated, of both sexes and all ages, from every job and walk of life. Crime-wise, they're a bust. I doubt that in aggregate, even with lying and exaggeration and resume-inflation, they could muster a criminal record to match a good weekend with Ted Kennedy.[/quote]
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Note that legislation proposed by the anti-gun people is not aimed at criminals, but at law-abiding owners of guns. For example, eliminating concealed-carry permits would have no effect on crime, since people who have carry permits have to demonstrate they have no criminal record: they don't commit crime. Criminals will carry concealed anyway. The anti--gun enthusiasts want to disarm the white conservative middle-class chiefly because they dislike them. Guns aren't the issue.[/quote]
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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed