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In git.general marvin <marvin@shaftnet.org> wrote:
> In git.announce sol <solomon@angband.org> wrote:
>> Nor does it change the fact that an 8 year old with a gun is much more
>> liable to accidentally hurt someone than a grown man with a gun.  

> you are missing the key point here:

> untill such time as a person breaks a law in this country, their actions
> are none of our damn buisness. He could be getting off by using the barrel
> of the gun as a dildo while it's loaded, and it still doesn't matter why
> he has the gun, because he has broken no laws (well, in that instance he's
> probibly breaking some kind of law, but you get the point)

I understand your point.  It just doesn't make sense.  If other people's
actions were none of our business, new laws would never be passed.  Laws
are, by design, preventative measures.  When somebody is doing something
that might harm another person, it becomes the business of all of
society.

If we had to wait until somebody did something illegal before we could
legislate their actions, there would be _no_ law in the first place!

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