>>>>> On Fri, 17 Jul 1992 20:32:39 GMT, sybok@athena.mit.edu (The Rifleman) said:
>>Then we'll have two FAQs, a pro-gun and an anti-gun version.
> What you're proposing is kind of like the suggestion that American
> history books include two chapters on WWII--one based on the US viewpoint,
> and one based on the "Nazi" interpretation containing quotes from
> Mein Kampf in which Hitler justifies his "Final Solution."
Gee, has this thread been going THAT long?
I can just imagine what the FAQ would look like if Terminator wrote
it..... <imagine your computer monitor going all wavy here, in the
classic movie cliche for introducing what ifs>
<If it's still wavy, adjust the diagonal sync control>
Q: Aren't handguns used to kill 7000 people in the US each year?
A: Listen you commie fascist hoplophobe! How dare you come into our
newsgroup, trying to take our guns away! I ought to ride my Harley
over to your house and rip your bloody arms off! Those 7,000 people
were mostly drug addicts, burglars or DC residents, who deserved to
die anyway. In any case, each year 644,923 crimes are stopped each
year with handguns, and if 1% of those crimes were murders, why that's
6,449.23 lives saved with handguns which is more than your 7,000
killed.... Oh. Well if 2% were murders, it would be more. And none
of the people saved would be a drug addict, a burglar or a DC
resident, but believers in truth, justice, and the right to keep and
bear arms, unlike you, you, you, LIBERAL you!
<screen goes wavy again>
Note to the Rifleman: Hey, you don't know this Terminator guy, do you?
Tim:-)