The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

Son of Witz · 18 Mar 2009, 13:43 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:43:04 -0700
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:11 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

>
>> I live in San Francisco, near Bayview (a "ghetto"), right up the
>> street from where the Bologna family was famously massacred over a
>> minor traffic inconvenience.
>> 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.
>
> But how can this be? It is basically illegal to own a weapon in San
> Francisco.
>
> How old are you, man?
>

I'm 34. why?
and legal, illegal. meh. it's obviously pretty easy for people to get  
guns if they want one.

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