🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1oaqvsINNdfu@sol.tis.com>, mjr@tis.com (Marcus J Ranum) writes:
> donb@netcom.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
> >How can I prove my intentions?  And, given that I've
> >never attacked or hurt anyone in my life, shouldn't I be innocent until
> >proven guilty?
> 
> 	Bingo. I agree with you completely. I own several guns and I
> have never shot or threatened anyone with them*   I agree that we should
> be allowed to own and operate as long as we don't have a history of
> abuse. Banning ownership of guns by individuals who have been convicted
> of a violent crime is OK with me.

We discussed this one before too. If you wait for people to commit violent crime
before doing anything about it, then (innocent) people will die unnecessarily.

The object of (hand)gun control is *prevention*

Kev.
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PS If a mugger shoots you (dead) - I'll make sure they go to jail :-)
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