From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jun 28 21:16:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02784 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:16:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02777 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:16:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-152.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.152]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id XAA25027 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 23:16:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA23371 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 18:46:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199806282346.SAA23371@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Does it's true? In-reply-to: Message from Gary Kline of "Sat, 27 Jun 1998 20:19:32 PDT." <199806280319.UAA12882@athena.tera.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 18:46:18 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Gary Kline writes: > > C'mon, guys, let's get _really_ real... We need to > abolish handguns altogether, since, let's face it: > the only thing a .454 Colt Bisley is meant to kill > is a human target. --One, maybe two for the expert > shooter. You are wrong. Often when purchasing a hunting license it is pointed out that only certain weapons are allowed to be used. An extreme example would be bow season for hunting deer. A finer example would be the use of steel vs. lead shot for hunting birds. If memory serves, 20 years ago a .454 pistol was legal for hunting bear in Virginia. Believe a .357 magnum and larger was allowed. The argument that a certain weapon "is only good for human targets" is lame and ignorant. A pistol of .380 calibre (for the ignorant, a .380 is smaller than a .357) or larger would be just right for stopping an attacking dog, such as a pit bull. Of course some wish to outlaw pit bulls too. I still believe computers are more dangerous. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message