I saw that and just had to bite my bottom lip to keep from taking this
thread and running with it....glad you did.....

jth

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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 4:57 PM
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I don't believe anyone has the right to bear arms.  I know they can be a
nuisance in the parks when they go through the garbage and attack cars, but
that's as disgusting as monkey-paw ashtrays and elephant-foot ottomans.

--R. Roseannadanna

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From: Greg Chaplin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:44 PM
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Hmm, I don't remember ever having "the right to bear arms" in Australia.
After the shootings in Port Arthur a few years ago, there was a concerted
effort to rid Australia of the violence associated with gun-ownership by
calling an amnesty on illegal guns - maybe you were thinking of that?

I know that the all-powerful gun-lobby in the States have been spreading
misinformation about an increase in crime since the gun amnesty. As far as I
know, the opposite is the case! I certainly would not believe anything that
those propagandists claim. I don't know how anyone who is at least halfway
in control of their mind (that puts out the gun-lobby) could think that the
widespread ownership of dangerous weapons would result in a safer society.

Just my $A0.02 worth (that's not much in $US).

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>>> Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]> 25/01/01 6:42:08 >>>
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> Yours, from a (relatively) weapon free England

My condolences, particularly since your crime rate has,
er, "shot up" since disarming the citizens...
as has also happened in Australia.

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