<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>That would be a great argument if our forefathers hadn't decided to put the right to bear arms in as the second amendment, which leads me to believe that they thought it was important. Important enough, perhaps, that the benefit is not outweighed by the added danger of guns being used at drunken brawls at fraternities at 8am in the morning.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I also tend to believe that simple access to weapons does not ensure their use, even by drunken frat boys. Besides, if someone had said "I have to warn you that I'm armed, so why don't we all just calm down and go our separate ways?" might have led to a better outcome overall. <br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Paul<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new
york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:19 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Jus' Another Day on Campus . . .<br> </font> </div> <br>
<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv906477023"><div><div>Mr. Rumelhart sarcastically suggests:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span class="yiv906477023Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;font-family:times, serif;">If we hadn't had the foresight to restrict their Constitutionally-mandated right to bear arms then I'm sure this little fist fight would have turned into a reenactment of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys."</span></div><div><font class="yiv906477023Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="yiv906477023Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="yiv906477023Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="yiv906477023Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;">The likelihood of serious injury (or worse) is drastically increased by the introduction of firearms into such a mature, responsible
activity as a multiple-fraternity brawl at 8:00 in the morning. Dontcha think, Mr. Rumelhart? Or dontcha think?<br></span></font><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Spokane, Washington</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div><div><br>On Jan 14, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">If we hadn't had the foresight to restrict their Constitutionally-mandated right to bear arms then I'm sure this little fist fight would have turned into a reenactment of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys.</blockquote><div></div></div></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>