On Sun, 5 Mar 2000 23:41:37 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven Lawson) wrote:
> Someone has been watching too many American films. There are not alot of
> places where it is normal to wear a gun, open or concealed in the U.S. I
> believe it *is* legal here in Oregon to carry open, but rarely seen as far
> as handguns are concerned. Rifles *are* seen here often, usually hunters
> carrying them into the woods to go hunting.
Yes. I'm a fifty year old American and I've never seen anyone carrying
an openly displayed weapon in any city or town that I've visited or
lived, except for police officers.
People do carry rifles and shotguns in rural or remote areas to go
hunting. There are millions of acres of undeveloped public land
and also many, many private farms where hunting is allowed.
Millions of ordainary people hunt for food and for recreation in
the United States.
There is a big problem here now with unstable individuals shooting
up their schools and work places, but this is very *aberant* behaviour
even here in the gun loving United States.
These terrible incidents have been highly publicized, but the murder
rate in big cities like New York, Detroit and Chicago has been declining
rapidly due to more effective and intelligent police work.
Sam Ewalt
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