on 4/20/02 8:18 AM, Lallang_at_aol.com at Lallang_at_aol.com wrote:
> Uh...I seem to recall some communities in Florida allowing weapons to be
> carried by citizens provided they were not concealed. This included
> handguns. The crime rate supposedly dropped by 70% immediately after. How
> true this is I don't know. I do know that an ex-girlfriend's mother used to
> mow her multi-acre fields in Florida with her firearms in the tractor with
> her. She was one grass-eliminating mobile arsenal. I'm sure nobody messed
> with her while she was mowing...
If I were mowing in FL and carrying a gun, it would be because I didn't want
the water moccasins getting me. :-) (nice beasts, they) BTW, the only
problem with these community laws is that the criminals simply move to
other, less protected towns, where their crime rate increases. I wonder what
would happen if these laws were consistent across the continent? Would the
criminals then move overseas? Or would they give up? :-)
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