Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 01:35:05 -0700
From: Kristopher Barrett <kbarrett-AT-cotse.com>
Subject: Re: UK uproar?


At 02:18 PM 9/30/2002,:


>Well, I certainly can't spea for the UK, but here in Massachusetts in the USA,
>the police Chiefs in each city have discretion when it comes to granting
>licenses for guns.  They definitely take into account whether the applicant
>has a lot to defend, i.e. carreies a lot of cash or has a big house.  There is
>certainly a clas bias which is also perpetuated by the inevitable bias in
>favor of friends (police chiefs may not be in the upper class, but they
>certainly begin to identify themselves with the rulers, and like to hanf=g
>with the "players").


You have my sympathies... the east coast between Boston and Washington seems more like a warped version of Canada then a part of the US.


 
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