Re: Not always joking, it seems

mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:03:21 GMT, Gutless Umbrella Carrying
> Sissy <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:22:47 GMT, Gutless Umbrella Carrying
>>> Sissy <taustinca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>>David Johnston <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Friendly fire incidents have happened many times.  
>>>>> 
>>>>You're comparing an active battle zone to something very
>>>>different. 
>>> 
>>> Still a case in which people react in panic.
>>
>>Real life experience suggests is not that simple. And we have a 
>>fair amount of it.
>>> 
>>> However, nearer to home, we have police shooting incidents
>>> like the "forty-three bullets" (or however many) episode, in
>>> which the cops opened fire one osmeone reaching for his wallet
>>> because they thought he was going for a gun, and then
>>> apparently mistook their fellow officrs' fire for incoming.
>>> 
>>We have real life data on that, as well. Cops aren't very good 
>>shots. They're not trained to more than a minimal proficiency
>>with their firearms, since training time is very limited and
>>expensive, and it is preferred to train them to avoid the need
>>to shoot entirely. Ordinary people who legally carry, however,
>>seem to generally be much more proficient in the actual use of
>>their firearms - they're better shots - and seem to be very,
>>very cautious about actually using them - more so than cops, in
>>many places.
>>
>>In short, if you want to argue that allowing people to carry
>>guns if they wish, you have to argue with real world data -
>>Florida, Texas, Arizona, Vermont, and many other states - that
>>says you're full of ****. We know how it turns out, because _we
>>have done the experiment_.
> 
> I at no point am arguing anything at all about carry laws.  I am
> pointing out Real World Examples of things that have happened. 
> I am drawing no conclusiopns from them - at least not here; what
> i think about them is irrelevant to the discussion.
> 
So, you're basically just posting random words for no reason 
whatsoever? That says a lot about how worthwhile it is to bother to 
read your posts.

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Terry Austin

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