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In article <4b2e2p$kr2@sol.sun.csd.unb.ca> Tony Fitzgerald 
(jaf@sarastro.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:

> In article <4b27rv$rvb@news.infoserve.net>,
> Orion <orion@unix.infoserve.net> wrote:
> >committing mayhem or damaging property).  We register a number of 
> >different things for a variety of reasons, but so far we haven't had 
> >registration of anything forced on us because someone "might" commit a 
> >crime with it.

> I recall, while doing work in cloud physics, we had a still in the lab
> for producing distilled water for use in experiments.  The still was
> registered and we had a license taped to the wall beside the unit.  The
> objective was so that inspectors could make sure that we weren't putting
> fermented corn rather than tapwater in the boiler.  I'm sure others can
> point to similar restrictions put on potentially "dangerous" objects.

You are forgiven if you did't recognize that "crime," in Orion's quote,
refers to a crime which infringes on someone's safety or rights. The "crime"
you describes infringes on no one, and is only a "crime" because the
government said it was.

> >                                                                Next 
> >you'll probably dredge up the old "a gun in the home is 43 times more 
> >likely to kill a family member or acquaintance than an armed intruder" 
> >line, right?  heh...

> Other than it's a simple fact?

Not a fact at all. Not only has the author of that particular study admitted
that his figures are inaccurate, the entire study has been shown to be
seriously flawed.

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