> > I wouldn't make a
> > fetish of gun control, me, although I think it's silly to imagine
>opposing
> > the 101st Airborne with a homeowner's .44 mag, call it the residue of
> > Greensboro if you like.
> >
>
>This sounds about right. Handguns are for sport or for hurting people
>for sport. There _would_ be political objections to attempts at
>forbidding the possession of shotguns --
Which nobody, not even the Brits or Japanese, with very strong gun control laws, would do this; not even the Soviet or Nazis did this.
the one weapon that an
>"ordinary" person might be able to handle in some situations.
But not against the 101st Airborne.
jks
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