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In article <1993Mar19.164204.13637@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
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>In article <1993Mar18.202916.23658@netcom.com>, donb@netcom.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
>> In article <1993Mar17.194951.26505@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
>> >Being free to buy rifles and shotguns, but not handguns, would not infinge 
>> >your right to bear arms - would it?
>> 
>> In a word, yes.
>> 
>>    don
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>So, if I can't buy a rocket launcher my rights are being infringed ?
>
>(A more intelligent response would be appreciated)


Kev is looking for a more intelligent response.  First, Kev, did
you get me that information on ammo that you said would make a 
rifle a safe home defense weapon?  You said that you would look
it up for me, and I haven't seen the data on it yet.  Maybe your
message got lost in the great uunet disk crash of '93.  If so, 
please re-send it, because you were really pretty sure that 
rifles could replace handguns in terms of safe home-defense.

Kev seems hung up on the "where do we draw the line" questions;
a reasonable question actually.  If you can take something (maybe 
a 25mm chain gun?) and agree across the board that it is not 
something that should be allowed for personal use, and then take
the opposite side and agree across the board that something (shotgun?
.22 handgun?  .45 auto?  .30-06 rifle?) should be allowed,
then you just narrow the range until you hit a place where you 
can not longer agree, and that is where you know you have the line.

The problem with that is that while it is possible to dream up a 
weapon that is so powerful that everyone says it isn't needed, 
there are people out there who insist that no weapons at all
is the only choice.  They prevent negotiation by destroying the 
trust.  Trust is a crucial part of all of this.

Doug
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