Re: Re: dem primary

[Drew Johnson <djohnson@snowplow.org>]

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Melanie Shannon wrote:

> no, but it's not legal to carry concealed weapons in philly.  think about
> it- if it was legal for *anyone* to carry a concealed gun, would try to mug
> or attack *anyone*?
>
> i'm not convinced it's the best idea, but i think it's interesting.
>

Speaking again from the non-abstract, there is a conceal-n-carry law here
in Minnesota.  Interesting idea?  Sure.  But it hasn't stopped crime by
any means.  The law allows anyone who isn't a felon to carry once they go
through a course on how to do it.  It has all the deterent effect of the
death penalty.

-Drew J

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> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 03:01:37 EST
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> On 2/6/04 2:38 AM, quoth the effervescent lilblueriver@hotmail.com at
> lilblueriver@hotmail.com:
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>  > but i
>  >tend to think there's something to be said for societies where it's legal
> to
>  >carry concealed weapons.  people tend to stay the **** away from each
> other,
>  >and crime tends to be much lower.
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> What society would that be? Cos it certainly isn't Philadelphia. Or New
> York. Or Washington. Or Chicago. Certain people will carry guns whether
> it's legal or not, simply because the legality of the matter isn't
> something with which they concern themselves. A good percentage of the
> gun deaths in my city, at least, are drug and/or gang-related. I
> seriously doubt the person pulling the trigger gives a damn about whether
> his carry permit is in order.
>
> And I'm not anti-gun. I happen to be an excellent shot.
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> And I am almost at the point where I would pick a ficus over a Bush. I
> cannot have my first choice-- Bartlett-- but I would be happy with Kerry,
> or Clark, or Edwards, or Dean, or Kucinich, who are, at this moment, my
> remaining choices.
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