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Re: Gun Safety Class and Fun Shoot

#639
From: C8H18
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:00
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In article <8d55le$a6n$2@news-int.gatech.edu>,
sol  <solomon@angband.org> wrote:
:In git.general C8H18 <octane@shaft.shaftnet.org> wrote:
:> In article <8d53dk$8mo$2@news-int.gatech.edu>,
:> sol  <solomon@angband.org> wrote:
:> :And again, you don't give a good reason.    "It's not illegal" is not a
:> :good reason.  There are plenty of things that aren't illegal that should
:> :be, and that are but shoudn't be.
:
:> ?? How does this reasoning go?  If he isn't harming anyone or destroying
:> property that isn't his, why should he not have a gun?  There isn't a
:> good reason to proscribe his liberty, and until there is, he should be
:> free to do as he wants.
:
:Because the probability of him hurting another person is great enough
:that it outweighs whatever practical reason there might be for an 8 year
:old to have a gun.  

Bwahahahaha!  That's pretty good.  If he does hurt someone, that is already
against the law.  The law should be reactive.  Not proactive.  All these
bullshit laws that proscribe things to be verboten are crap.

MH
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From: octane@shaft.shaftnet.org (C8H18)
Subject: Re: Gun Safety Class and Fun Shoot
Date: 2000/04/13
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