GL: alarmed at firearms comments

[Mike Tellup]

Rich and others interested in this thread:

As long as the comments pertain to traveling the Great Loop and are 
civil in tone, the posts are welcome. 

As a reminder, I am reviewing the posts on this topic before they are 
posted to the list.

Mike Tellup
Great Loop Administrator

Rich Gano wrote:
> This topic was banned on the Trawler list some time back because certain
> people could not rationally discuss the issue - it became a shouting match.
> I am amazed it has gone on as long on this list as it has - maybe we are
> "growing up" because this time it is close to civil by comparison.  Mike is
> to be congratulated for having faith in us to "get done" with this thread
> because it will peter out - not that I am helping :), but I thought I had
> something sensible to offer.  It's sad to see folks quitting the list in a
> huff over what will be a fairly short-term event, but maybe they were just
> tired of reading others' opinions anyway - it happens.