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<DIV>Kevin,</DIV>
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<DIV>In all seriousness, in your "real world" would it be better if we all
packed guns? </DIV>
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<DIV>David I.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR
***********<BR><BR>On 9/30/01 at 6:52 PM Kevin E. Ramsey wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Dianne Hofstetter
wrote;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> "<FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>To many, if not most of us living in the US, it _IS_ new. It has
not been <BR>in our consciousness as a nation to live in fear that our flight
is likely <BR>to be hijacked, or that we could be killed in our offices on
Tuesday <BR>morning. We have felt relatively safe, as long as we have
avoided going <BR>down dark, unlit streets at night in bad areas of big
cities. It may not <BR>have been realistic, as you point out, but that
is they way it has been in <BR>our country--until last
week."</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I kinda, somehow know what you
mean, Dianne. But I'm sorry, I don't really feel that way at all. I refuse to
live in fear; I go about my daily life the same way that I have for the past
ten years, not looking for trouble, and not finding any either. I don't go
into places like dark alleys, or bad parts of the city either, but if I had
to, I wouldn't worry too much. You see, I live in a State were the Government
has allowed me to carry a gun in my vehicle, and on my person. In the ten
years that I've had that right, I've never allowed anyone ( other than a law
enforcement officer who pulled me over for a minor infraction, and then only
out of courtesy) to know that. That means that I've never abused the right, or
the responsibility that goes with it. The most realistic scenario for me
today, is that I may have to stop a "hate-crime" from being
committed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Gee, I guess we're not all a
bunch of Neanderthals after all....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry Gang, but that's just the way it is in the
real world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Flame suit isn't needed in
this case; I'm right. Period.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin Ramsey<BR><A
href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></FONT></DIV><FONT
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