🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <donbC48vtt.1IF@netcom.com>, donb@netcom.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
> In article <1993Mar19.164814.13747@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
> >> 	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.
> 
> However, preemptive law enforcement is not the foundation of this country's
> legal system.

To take other peoples' favorite analogy: they won't let you drive a car until
you pass the test. Similarly if there are things wrong with it they'll make you
take it off the road - to prevent accidents. That's "preemptive law enforcement"
isn't it ?

> >The object of (hand)gun control is *prevention*
> 
> He is advocating (hand)gun control, in the form of a background check.

Not necessarily, maybe just better accountability.

> >PS If a mugger shoots you (dead) - I'll make sure they go to jail :-)
> 
> Do the same if he kills me with a knife or a lead pipe, OK? :)

Sure :-)

Kev.
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