On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 11:56:18AM -0500, Ben Bargabus wrote: > This is off topic but this thread reminds me of all those people with > the "<insert name here> bans guns on these premises" signs. Do they > really think that the robber/murderer/rapist will see that sign and > decide they better rob/murder/rape elsewhere because their gun isn't > allowed? Good point. ;-) However, the establishment is thereby taking responsibility for protecting its customers. Consider a government building. There are carry-conceal notices and metal detectors galore, but in such buildings, you can expect to see guards carrying out the duty that a would-be carrying citizen would otherwise do. In churches, their environment/atmosphere is one of non-violence and they would prefer to attempt to use reason or godsmack to convince intruders to behave themselves. There's a place and time for everything. Carrying concealed weapons is not necessarily applicable for all of them. I won't be one to carry concealed given where I live, work, and relax, but I won't begrudge someone who feels it is necessary under his/her own personal circumstances. Hey, at least it's legal to do so now. -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20031022/da63cccd/attachment.pgp