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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.  

What's he going to do, protect his family during a break-in?  Go
hunting?  I have no problem with a responsible adult having a gun, but
an 8 year old simply should not have access to one.  Oh wait, I know.
He needs the gun so that he can be part of a properly maintained
militia, right?
 
> I'm interested in hearing what you think should be illegal but isn't.

Ideally?  Well, 8 year olds having access to guns.  Actually, civilian
ownership of any sort of firearm at all, until our country grows up.  

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