Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:52:17 -0500 From: Neill Robins <freebsd@nc.rr.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Guns and freedom [Was: Re: On "intelligent people" and Message-ID: <1661.000329@nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200003291936.MAA23741@usr05.primenet.com> References: <200003291936.MAA23741@usr05.primenet.com>
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>> The few times I have been in that situation, here in the States, it >> was a knife they pulled. I would have preferred they pulled a gun; they >> would have been easier to disarm with less risk. But, they don't show >> that in the movies, either. TL> Agreed. TL> It's also a fact that most handgun echanges take place at close TL> range, without anyone getting hit for an insanely large number TL> of rounds fired. That's isn't very exciting to watch in a TL> theater, either, since you are really waiting for Mel Gibson TL> to shoot the thugs in a subplot, and then get back onto the TL> main story line... I cannot remember when a movie ever well represented real life. And I hope they never do, that would be boring. Isn't always fun to see how some white guy can simultaneously take on couple Ninjas? -- Best regards, Neill freebsd@nc.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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