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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: gun balderdash & photos
From: Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:45:02 -0700 (PDT)

Can the interested parties PLEASE take this off-list?

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

- -------Original Message-------
From: Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Sent: 09/03/03 10:36 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: gun balderdash & photos

> 
> On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 01:07 PM, Don R. wrote:

> If there were no guns and people who knew how to use them, these tea 
> sippers
> would be speaking Nazi, or Russian.

Ah, yes, well I remember how the armed citizenry of the United States 
forced back the invading hordes. Oh, hang on, that was the army. I 
don't think anyone is suggesting banning the Army from having guns, 
fella.

> Had there been four pistols with one
> each in the hands of the pilots, 9/11 would not have happened.

No. of people who died in 9/11 attack on WTC:  3,023
Gun-related deaths in US, 1999:   	   	     	   	  28,874

Gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, 1994:

United States    	   14.24
Northern Ireland    	6.63
Canada    	   	   	   	4.31
England and Wales    	0.41
Japan    	   	   	   	0.05


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John Brownlow

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
http://www.unintended-consequences.com

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