"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:25:06 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

"Gunner" wrote in message
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When you talk about really dangerous places, I have to ask myself, why
would
anyone live there on purpose? Some people are stuck there to some
degree.
They need ways to deal with it, and carrying a gun is one way. But
there
is
no reason in the world for most of us to live there. Life is too
short,
and
it can be difficult enough as it is. Why make it worse by walking
through
South-Central L.A., unless you want to get some practice with your
gun?

Ed Huntress

Because a hell of a lot of people have to live there?

Yeah, but YOU don't. That's the point.

Ed Huntress

But I have to work there..and thats the point.
And you ignore the poor *******s that do have to live there who are
unable to protect themselves.

Firstly, no, you don't have to work there. California's metalworking
manufacturing is a shadow of its former self. In most of the country,
metalworking manufacturing in dangerous cores of old cities is virtually
gone. You should see how it's done in Michigan, Illinois, or Wisconsin.

Secondly, the poor *******s that are stuck there have a good reason,
perhaps, to carry guns to defend themselves. They live in a failed
subculture of society. That's not, I hope, where we're headed overall. Nor
is it a place where you have to live or work.

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Ed Huntress
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