Date sent: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 15:30:33 -0400 From: Brian Atkins <brian@posthuman.com> To: extropians@extropy.com Subject: Re: [GUNS] a comment Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> I bought my first gun a few months ago, just got my concealed
> carry permit. I was pro-self-defense before, but the list and
> some real life friends convinced me to actually get one.
>
> Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> >
> > >> I'm curious. Have you ever once converted an anti-gun person to
> > >> pro-gun? Have you ever "lost" an adherent by failing to respond in time?
> > >>
> > >> I thought not.
> > >> This is pointless.
> > >
> > > On the contrary, I changed Grant Sparks' mind, for starters.
> > > Mike Lorrey
> >
> > FWIW, I was pro-regulation for most of my adolescence; my mother
> > worshipped Jimmy Carter. I was swayed by argument to the side of
> > freedom, and have since swayed her to it. It does happen. I
> > still haven't talked her into cryonics, though.
> >
I'm a gun owner, and am in favor of the responsible among us
owning and carrying guns if they so wish, and opposed to the
irresponsible among us purchasing or packing.
> > --
> > Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html>
> > "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past,
> > are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified
> > for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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