dvk@mi-cec.UUCP (Dan Klein) (09/27/83)
The Alaskan survival kit includes a gun and ammunition so you can hunt for your FOOD, you twit! And a damn good idea, too, since you may be hundreds of miles from anything. Guns *do* have their place. A hooligans pocket is *not* one of them, but as any person who tries to live off the land will tell you, you can't do it without something to hunt with (and a bow-and-arrow just don't make it on grizzlies and moose). To make a gross generalization, guns are okay so long as they are used as a tool for survival, and naturally I do not consider using them as weapons or threats to earn money as part of survival. -Dan Klein, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh