Zero Powers wrote:
>
> >From: Miriam English <miriam@werple.net.au>
>
> >At 01:27 PM 12/09/2001 -0400, Michael Wiik wrote:
> >>http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/11/2048256
> >>
> >>"Perhaps it is too much to hope that we will respond to this shattering
> >>tragedy as well as the Israelis, who have a long history of preventing
> >>similar atrocities by encouraging their civilians to carry concealed
> >>weapons and to shoot back at criminals and terrorists. But it is in
> >>that policy of a distributed response to a distributed threat, with
> >>every single citizen taking personal responsibility for the defense of
> >>life and freedom, that our best hope for preventing recurrences of
> >>today's mass murders almost certainly lies."
>
> Everything is *not* a gun issue. Terrorists aren't roaming the streets
> shooting people. If every single New Yorker was armed yesterday, that would
> not have had any impact whatsoever on airliners slamming into skyscrapers.
Every New Yorker on one of the four airliners would have done wonders.
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