From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:15:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids
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At 03:38 PM 7/23/96 -0400, hallam@Etna.ai.mit.edu wrote:

>The facts are very clear, if you have a handgun in the house it is
>far more likely to kill a member of the familly than stop an
>intruder. The NRA know this which is why they have lobbied for the
>CDC to stop research in this area - they do not like the facts.

And most people who die after jumping out of airplanes have (defective)
parachutes.  Therefore it is safer to jump out of airplanes without parachutes.

The CDC sucked suicides into the mix to cook the books and suicide by
firearms is a *legitimate* use of same.  Surely you believe in the "right to
die," don't you?

DCF