When insults start to fly perhaps it's time to take it off list. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Wilson [mailto:robert_wil...@tirsys.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:00 AM > To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Subject: RE: stun guns on aircraft > > > > "Free men own guns". Yeah right. The true mark of a civilized > country is > that its citizens all own guns. Never been anywhere else, have you? It > is just this sort if immature 19th century frontier mentality that is > embarrassing the US in the eyes of the rest of the world. > > Bob Wilson > TIR Systems Ltd. > Vancouver. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pettit, Ghery [mailto:ghery.pet...@intel.com] > Sent: May 6, 2002 4:24 PM > To: 'Ted Rook'; < > Subject: RE: stun guns on aircraft > > > I've resisted jumping in in this fashion, but - > > FREE MEN OWN GUNS! > > Those who will trade essential freedoms for temporary security deserve > neither - Benjamin Franklin. > > Folks, the 2nd Amendment pre-dates the wild west by a long > time. Those > of > us who value our RIGHTS are tired of the wimps in the world trying to > take > them away. > > Ghery S. Pettit > Life Member, National Rifle Association > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Rook [mailto:t...@crestaudio.com] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:08 PM > To: < > Subject: stun guns on aircraft > > > > and other safety considerations > > keep the hijackers off planes using ground security > > an airplane in flight is not the place to have gun fights > > too many lives are at risk > > the first priority is to get the plane safely on the ground, anywhere > > then at least the passengers have a chance > > Most citizens of most countries enjoy the security that comes from > having > thrashed out land rights, territorial disputes, and the systems of law > and > law enforcement before firearms were invented. > > America is one of the few places in the West that relies on > firearms as > a > negotiating tool. > This is poor judgement. > Firearms are offensive weapons not negotiating tools. > Giving someone a gun escalates an already dangerous situation. > Now you want the pilot to not only assure the safety of the plane but > also > be an effective executioner. > Asking too much IMHO. > Unfortunately America was taken by force and is defended by > force and is > unlikely ever to change. > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" >
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