To tell you the truth, if there was a vote to choose between metrication and giving up the guns in America, I would choose the last one. The reason I dedicated myself to the metrication cause is because, like Andy said sometime ago, I believe that it is an achievable goal. I wish that every American could get a taste of how it is to live in a place that has a ban on guns, and similarly, in one that is 100% metric. A. -----Original Message----- From: Karl G. Ruling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday 29 March 2001 16:29 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:11932] Re: USA, Canada and guns Joseph B. Reid wrote: >As long as the United States continues with its fascination with guns >Canada is unlikely to agree to join the United States. In the USA there >are 4 times as many guns per person than in Canada, and there are 4 times >more homicides person in the USA than in Canada. Well, we can look at the bright side of this fascination with guns: it helps advance metrification. One of the most popular guns in urban areas is a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol, commonly referred to as "a nine." "Thirty caliber" sounds old fashioned in comparison.
