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Re: [pct-l] Personal safety on the trail
- Subject: Re: [pct-l] Personal safety on the trail
- From: Rick Howard <howard@aa.nps.navy.mil>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:15:29 -0700 (PDT)
>About guns: I don't recommend them. if you're in a situation where you need
>to pull it on someone, then you have to use it.
No - it's estimated that 1 to 2.5 million folks a year avoid being robbed
or killed by displaying, and not firing, a weapon. (Prof. Gary Kleck,
criminologist, U of Florida).
>Not many people out there
>realize the action of a pulled trigger.
Probably true.
>I'd rather lose my money on a 100
>mile section than kill someone out in the hills during a through hike. but
>it'd make an interesting story,...
You bet - just not your life.
Rick
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