On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:00:11 +0300 "Daniel C." <dcrooks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> (Obviously if the > guy is a known gun nut, an NRA member, has a history of violence or is > a soldier with PTSD - which I guess is the same thing as "has a > history of violence" - that would change things.) I can see the third and fourth items in your list. I would like to see some evidence for the second. According to surveys of the NRA membership, they tend to be better educated, older, wealthier and far less likely to have prior convictions than the American public at large. The term "gun nut" is one of those derogatory stereotyping and offensive terms like "wop" and "kike" that substitute for rational discussion in certain quarters. Like those two, it has no scientific or legal precision. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
