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Article #2190Re: Gun control
From: Barry A. Warsaw
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 15:48
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 15:48
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>>>>> "MJP" == Michael J Phelps <mjp@vnet.ibm.com> writes:
MJP> I think the point is that gun control isn't keeping guns out
MJP> of the hands of criminals, thus its not helping prevent
MJP> crime; handguns are illegal in DC, and virtually so in NYC,
MJP> yet the criminals seem to have no trouble getting 'em.
I don't accept the logic in this (oft repeated) argument, because it
presupposes that the legal restrictions are actually enforced to a
significant percentage. Which they're not, so you can't say gun
control wouldn't work. You *can* say gun control doesn't work when
you don't, won't, or can't enforce the laws, but then again, that's
true of any law. Including the laws already on the books governing
gun ownership, sales, etc. as others have already pointed out before.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10162c,4a32fb18f6632e11 X-Google-Attributes: gid10162c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-01-29 10:46:42 PST Newsgroups: dc.talk.guns Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!lhc!lhc!warsaw From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw) Subject: Re: Gun control In-Reply-To: mjr@tis.com's message of 29 Jan 1993 14:26:27 GMT Message-ID: <WARSAW.93Jan29104821@anthem.nlm.nih.gov> Lines: 15 Sender: news@nlm.nih.gov Reply-To: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw) Organization: Century Computing, Inc. References: <1951@tnc.UUCP> <1k8sagINNasc@sol.tis.com> <1993Jan28.183250.27532@watson.ibm.com> <1kbeqjINN7sk@sol.tis.com> Distribution: usa Date: 29 Jan 93 15:48:21 GMT