[extropy-chat] FWD [fantasticreality] Gun control [was Re: theroad to hell]

[Spike]

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> > Gun ownership was banned in Australia...
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> > People have taken to defending their homes 
> > and themselves with clubs, baseball bats, and swords...


A couple guys tried to break into my house yesterday.
Had I been home when that took place, I would not wish 
to samurai them or Babe Ruth them.  Im really much too
sophisticated for that sort of thing.  It would be so much 
more satisfying that they should receive a polite suggestion 
from Mister Twelve Gage and his nephew Buckshot.  

Turns out they caught the guys.  Not because anyone saw
them doing it, but because of their race: two young white 
meth-heads in my neighborhood looked out of place here in
Little Vietnam.  They admitted their folly at first,
then began to backpedal.  I suppose when they see the
fingerprints the cops took off my windows they will
become most contrite and cooperative.

Gunpowder and lead.  There is simply no substitute.

spike