RE: Extropian Progressives! Too!

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Sep 13 2000 - 09:48:41 MDT


Michael S. Lorrey wrote on Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:18 AM,
> > <lack or research is more likely to take my life than Reno's guns>
>
> You think so? In the past century, the fact that the average
> european was 20
> times more likely to die from government weapons than an American
> was likely to
> die from any violent crime whatsoever,

Mike, is this including World Wars? :-)

Seriously, I agree with you that outlawing guns is bad. Anybody who would
outlaw a gun because it might be used in a crime would outlaw genetic
science because it might be used to create Cthulu.

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