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Re: OT: Americans against gun control... This is why..

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From: john aadnoey
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:00
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>john aadnoey <aad...@c2i.net> wrote in message
>news:1973.860T2520T10294432@c2i.net...
>> >>
>> >> > That's what makes this country the best country in the free
>> >> > world.
>> >>
>> >> I disagree.
>>
>> >Okay... How? You disagree about this being the best country in the free
>> >world, or that we are free, and that's what makes this the best country
>in
>> >the free world?
>>
>> Strange you should mention it. Two years ago I was over in the US.
>> Nice country btw. Atleast the parts i visited. But I remember one message
>> we got at the most places. "Don't go out after dark, the chance to get
>mugged
>> is to big." This went for most of the cities. We did not visited the most
>> crime infested cities, like Washington, Miami and New York.


>You just proved my point! Handguns are _ILLEGAL_ in WashingtonDC, and New
>York. (I think NYC), and yet, they are as you put it: "crime infested
>cities". You are welcome to go out after dark, and not carry a gun, and you
>can feel safe in Kennesaw, Georgia... Why? Because you _MUST_ own a gun (as
>a homeowner) in Kennesaw, and there is pratically no crime.

With anyone caring a gun I would undoubtful, feel anything but safe.
Just the thought of a bullet coming out of nowhere, either by accident
or deliberate does not make my feel safe.

Oh I can walk in the streets of most European cities, and there it
ain't legal with weapons either.


John Aadn�y
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Subject: Re: OT: Americans against gun control... This is why..
Date: 1999/07/12
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