In a message dated 7/5/98 12:04:24 PM, retroman wrote:
>Yes. In a situation between criminal and victim, the victim always knows who
the
>criminal is (he's the guy thats trying to kill or rob you), while a police
>officer is trained to go into a scene expecting everyone to be the bad guy.
yes, I tend to agree - I disagree that all gun carrying people would only
shoot "bad guys" - that's a hoot.
Hell, maybe I have just watched too much TV..
but I think people in general- armed for protection - would be far more
responsible with guns (at least per capita- I don't have the "data" on this
but I remember reading something in the seventies - a researched psychological
profile about cops that suggested they weren't the best socially balanced
individuals.)
Plus the cops- just like the FBI and the Army, have their "good ol boy"
routine - and a system of dont tell - they hold themselves above the laws and
the citizenship and aren't as responsible for their actions as a private
citizens
(defending themselves) would be...
So we better hope not only feds have guns!!
This does not mean I support an agenda that gun-activists seem to - which is
"more guns per capita" - I am still "anti-gun" - and would like to live in a
gun-free society - and I will never buy a gun under the social conditions
and safety I enjoy here in Los Angeles (yeah yeah you wimps prolly think it's
dangerous, hear - go on, I was born in NYC - and guns don't have much effect
on fires, landslides or earthquakes).
Still, I 100% support the right to own
They gotta find some way to feel safe while their little freakshow of white suburban America disolves...
N