CS: Pol-self defence

2000-12-02 Thread Jonathan
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] foot self in shoots? Why should someone who had 24 hr police protection need a gun for self defence? which implies that the police *can* provide protection to Salman JFK. and a bunch of others prove that protectors failed to protect In my

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2000-12-02 Thread Michael Burke
From: "Michael Burke", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Snip. I will never ever be convinced by anyone that a general right to carry firearms for self defence should ever be allowed in this country. IG -- IG, If you knew the law, you would know that we already have this right, its part of our written

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2000-11-30 Thread Don
From: Don Baldwin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why should someone who had 24 hr police protection need a gun for self defence? On the off chance that the VIP does have a chance to take action in self defense. Yes, very true. So are we thinking more in terms of, say, a house burglar? Look at the

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2000-11-30 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Norwegian Prime Minister. Heh, got ya IG it was the Swedish PM. He was shot in Stockholm when returning with his wife from the Cinema one evening, a bloke walked out from a side Street and killed him with a .357, he didn't have any body guards with him at the

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2000-11-30 Thread niel fagan
From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "IG", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I'll take up that challenge, as you might expect Why should someone who had 24 hr police protection need a gun for self defence IG Following your argument then, we the tax payers, are having vast sums of OUR

CS: Pol-self defence

2000-11-30 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggest you join the NRA of America, IG, and read the Armed Citizen column. Try, "more Guns less crime" by John Lott. I've got a copy you can borrow if you want. Jonathan Laws -- The problem with that book is that you need a degree in statistical analysis to

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2000-11-30 Thread IG
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're talking about bodyguards being ineffective, which if anything only bolsters the argument for the intended victim to be armed. If the Queen had had a pistol in a holster, she could have shot back. Not if she was lying on the pavement leaking blood all

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2000-11-30 Thread pa49
From: "pa49", [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is said and done we all have the requirement for a level of self defense. But, it appears that we are all, nowadays, automatically expected to relinquish the duty to provide it to an external authority. And then when that authority fails to deliver we

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2000-11-29 Thread IG
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Salmon Rushdie said on US TV that he had asked for a gun and the police had refused. Who can coherently argue that people like that shouldn't have a gun for self-defence? OK, I'll take up that challenge, as you might expect G Why should someone who had 24 hr

CS: Pol-self defence

2000-11-28 Thread IG
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can just about wear the argument that there MIGHT be some people who could make out a case for carrying a firearm for protection. I am not too sure what the circumstances might be, but if that was the case, I would consider that various things would need to be