Re: OT: Living in AZ

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:02:08 -0700, Wes Stewart <n7ws_@*yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:25:02 +0100, John Woodgate
><jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
>><thegreatone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote (in
>><j2bug1pdja0oerhmpppnvvidgm1bmtcv9j@xxxxxxx>) about 'OT: Living in AZ',
>>on Fri, 26 Aug 2005:
>>
>>>Then there's socialism at its finest:
>>>
>>>"Gun owners in Toronto may soon be prohibited from keeping their
>>>firearms at home even if they are properly licensed and registered,
>>>Mayor David Miller said yesterday."
>>
>>That's been the case in Britain for a while now.
>
>Another reason to give thanks to our founding fathers for the
>revolution.
>
>It's curious that when Arizona was considering its concealed carry
>permit the Sarah Brady crowd was besides themselves and predicting
>that the streets would be running red with blood.
>
>The reality is that nothing of the sort happened and there hasn't been
>one case of an individual with a concealed carry permit committing any
>weapons related crime. The program has been so successful,
>(uneventful) that the legislature recently relaxed the requirements.
>
>Actually, now that I think about it, there have been a few gun related
>crimes committed by people who were permitted to carry concealed
>weapons, but those folks were all cops.

Yep. Don't turn your back on a cop in Chandler, particularly if
you're a young woman with a baby in a car seat :-(

...Jim Thompson
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