The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

don doggett · 18 Mar 2009, 06:25 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: kingwukong at yahoo.com (don doggett)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:25:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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--- On Tue, 3/17/09, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:


> I hear gunshots weekly. 3 blocks from my work, downtown SF,
> I heard someone get shot to death a couple months ago.
> (heard the shots, then looked to see everyone screaming over
> the dead man).  Guns are a big problem in this city.  I
> HIGHLY doubt the gunshots I hear so often have
> "good" reasons, intentions or outcomes.
> There are a lot of stupid, angry assholes ready to pop, and
> they're over-armed.  (Hell, a chick on the bus pulled
> out her mace and threatened me because I suggested that
> spitting sunflower seeds everywhere was pretty gross.) 
> People are stupid and angry, easily offended, and too easily
> armed.

But how many of these people are LEGALLY armed? That's my problem with gun control- most of the people committing gun crimes obtained the guns illegally in the first place, the main exception being domestic violence cases.

Don

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