[ale] OT: windoze hand guns

[John Marasco]

Hey, is that FUD?

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Subject: Re: [ale] OT: windoze hand guns


Though your message lacks support, thank you for letting your position on
gun
ownership be known.  I would appreciate if you would help spread the word.

Please place a sign that says "gun free home!" on your front lawn.

Thank you.

Drew


On Thursday 12 June 2003 19:15, John Marasco wrote:
> Since this will not go away...
>
> The Bill of Rights gives you as much right to own hand guns as it does to
> own a 50 cal, tanks, artillery, F15s, nuclear weapons and anthrax.  You
> aren't talking about the 2nd amendment, your talking about some peoples
> view of what the 2nd Amendment applies to, not what the words say (unless
> you are for the legalization of all arms).
>
> For every self defense related shooting ("He was going to steal my
drugs!")
> there are 1.2 unintentional shootings.
>
> Most self defense related shootings are in the home.  What idiot would
pick
> up their biometric pistol when their shotgun is right next to it (law
> applies to pistols only, right)?  Maybe they deserve to die.
>
> The false rejection rate for fingerprint biometrics ranges from 1% to 10%
> in clean conditions.  How many law abiding citizens are out working in the
> yard or on the car with their biometric pistol handy?  Use legitimate
> numbers.
>
> The same criteria cited that would make guns reject legal users would
apply
> at rates 10-20 times higher for criminals plus the difficulty of stealing
a
> gun and a fingerprint to match.
>
> Gelatin, not Jell-O.  Try holding, aiming and shooting a gun while holding
> a cube of Jell-O up to the stock.  Don't forget that there is probably an
> 80% chance that the gun will fail this way so you might have to do it
> several times.  I hope the target is cooperative.  Maybe he deserves to
> die?  Try eating gelatin, yuck... :p
>
> Exceptions for police?  I doubt law makers missed that one.
>
> What law are you guys talking about, there is nothing on the NRA site
about
> it.
>
> Finally, why would they use Windows CE?  I thought gun nuts were smarter
> than the rest of us?
>
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