On Tue, 09 May 2006 05:15:06 -0400, Cliff wrote:

On Tue, 9 May 2006 00:04:34 -0700, "Hawke" wrote:

Believe me, when you are in a dangerous neighborhood a gun does indeed make
you "feel" safer. While it's possible that is only a feeling there is also a
good argument that having it does make you safer, literally.

Get a can of mace then.

Incidentally, years ago there was a fellow (or perhaps more than one)
who had a standing bet... You put $100 bill in your shirt pocket, and
get a can of mace. If your mace can stop him, you get to keep the
$100. If your mace doesn't stop him, he gets the $100 and you get
whatever damage he inflicts while taking the bill from you (think of
it as a cheap education on the viability of using mace for
protection). So, are you up for it Cliff? Why don't you go post your
nonsense over in talk.politics.guns and see if the fellow is still
around there... Put your money where your mouth is!

BTW, mace is illegal to carry in many areas -- this is generally
because of the very same gun grabbers, like Cliff. Thus some
recommend carrying oven cleaner instead -- it's legal to possess and
leaves a more permanent impression on the perp...

Retief