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In article <1993Mar22.153108.7319@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
>> 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 ?

And how long has car registration/licensing been mandatory?  40-50 years?
Kind of recent to be the "basis" of our legal system...

Oh, and how many people are killed every year by those licensed drivers
and registered cars?  Wow, what a success rate.  Maybe the raising of
revenue was the motivation for those laws, not safety...

>> >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.

Since the only ways to control a handgun are to control when/where it is
fired, most so-called "gun control" is, in effect, gun owner control.  And
that's exactly what he is advocating in his background check.  As does
the NRA.

    don