re guns in backcountry no thanks in article qkcok s i usenet ins cwru edu ci cleveland freenet edu john k gever writes do you rambos who worry so much about rape and murder in the wilderness also carry your guns all the time at home too you should since you re in a hell of a lot more danger there than in the backcountry when does carrying a tool classify someone as a rambo so all the pioneers that came west were rambo s adrienne does anybody reading this group have an actual honest to god experience with violent crime in the backcountry to tell about i can sort of understand the people who want to protect themselves from bears and such although there are what maybe a dozen or two bear attacks on people in north america each year but to worry about being raped by some buck toothed bubba in overalls is just irrational i think we d all be a lot safer if all the videocassettes of deliverance were gathered up and burned would your tune change if you were one of the dozen or two bear attacks believe me when you need a firearm you need a firearm public health experts will tell you that you are far more likely have your gun stolen use it yourself on a family member or have it used on you than you are to use it on an actual criminal please cite your references i ll let others please note followup cite valid references to show you that this is an untruth the rambo warriors we ve heard from here undoubtedly consider themselves exempt from this statistical reality they re much too smart and responsible living in a city where there s a drive by shooting every couple of days and working in a medical center where a day doesn t go by without a shooting victim coming into the er i m just a bit skeptical about the value of gun ownership i go to the backcountry to get away from this environment and i don t want to find other people there who insist on bringing the urban environment along with them boom boxes computers or guns well you might as well go naked forget the matches backpack sleeping bag and all the rest that s is a modern convenience a firearm is just a tool as some people won t carry gaiters some people do firearms should be in the same category it should be a personal choice and your factoid about shooting victims in the er count how many come in due to automobile accidents and automobile crimes maybe we should outlaw cars please post flaming responses to rec guns rabid j gever b ham ala marciano pitargue cisco com
