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Skriven 2004-10-22 00:04:16 av Howie Coombe
     Kommentar till en text av John Hull
Ärende: RE: ELECTION
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Dear John, in regards to this message to Me.

 > 18 Oct 04 16:14, Howie Coombe wrote to Vern Humphrey:

 > HC> Dear Vern, in regards to this message to Me.

 >>> HC> Dear Vern, in regards to this message to Me.

 >>> HC>>HC>> SOMETHING'S going on in there. :-)

 >>> HC>>HC> And Again this has got What to do with politics?.

 >>> HC>> About as much as advising other people they need to learn "Martial

 >>> HC> Actually my advice to the effect that people should learn Martial
 
 >>>  What kind of mentality says to an 80-year old woman,

 > HC> Yes?.

 >>> "You can't defeat an attacker with the most effective of weapons,

 > HC> Yes?.

 >>> so use your bare hands?"

 > HC> The kind of mentality that understands that while 80 year olds hands

 >  Howie,


John,

 > you gotta quit smokin' kangaroo shit.


And you have gotta get your hand out of your pants and your head out of what
ever crappy NRA or Republican propaganda rag you are reading that is telling
you that "you are right because you are with the NRA/Republican Party".

 > There isn't an 80 year old woman on earth who can go up against an armed    
> and trained warrior with her bare hands,


To paraphrase an old Monty Python line, How do you know, i mean do you know
every 80 year old woman in the world?, besides how many crooks do you know who
are an "armed and trained warrior"?.

 > your wishful thinking notwithstanding.


You who thinks that every coke addled junky out there is a "armed and trained
warrior" are accusing me of being a wishful thinker?.

 >>> We uphold the right of self defense in this country,

 > HC> As do we, in our way.


No Comment, i will take that as an agreement.

 >>> allow citizens to carry guns,

 > HC> We allow citzens to carry weapons, includeing guns, just not semi

 >  What difference does a semiauto make when you're defending yourself?


The easier it is to pull the trigger the easier it is to get the bullets out.

 > Does the bullet act differently?


There are more of them, potentially a lot more.

 >>> and our violent crime rate is going down.

 > HC> Down from where though?.


No Cooment, let my answer that for you, embarresingly high.

 >>> Yours is going up.

 > HC> Up from where though?, according to who?, i think Micheal Moore would 

 >  The crime rate is based on figures reported by ALL police agencies to the  
> FBI,


Aha, and of course released to the public without going accross some government
spin docters desk i suppose.

 > called the Uniform Crime Report.


Yes i have heard of it.

 > It tracks the big five crimes among other things.


Aha.

 > Our statistics are based on the UCR,


And by "Our" you mean?.

 > and are not subject to challenge by either side.


Either Major side?, of course not, they are both probably willing and able to
make them flexible.

 > They are what they are.


Yes they are, statistics.

 > John Lott,


What about him?.

 > of the Univ. of Chicago,


And the NRA and GOP i suspect.

 > did research on crime rates,


Aha.

 > gun ownership,


Aha.
 > anti-gun laws,


Aha, TTFN.

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