Re: Allan Rock sold you out. was: Illegal Guns

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From: Orion
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:00

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John Timmers (john_timmers@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
: Barry Glasgow wrote:
: > 
: > You, like every other mindless statist, think that there is something
: > admirable in registering such inane things as dogs.
: > Not only do you not question such absolutely idiotic states of affairs,
: > you heap scorn on those who have the brains to ask what benefits there
: > are for such things.
: > 

: I suppose the law is a _bit_ more strict for fire-arms than for ham-radios for
: the following reason (there are others, but lets start with this one) :

: I can't put a bullet in my radio, point it at somebody and pull a trigger to
: end a life.  Even if I start acting _really_ irresponsibly with my radio, I
: would still find it extremely difficult to physically harm anybody.  Can you
: say that about fire-arms?



  You can, however, get stinking drunk and proceed to DRIVE YOUR CAR anyway.

  You are every bit as much a 'potential killer' as any gun owner...and 
statistically your car is *far* more likley to kill me than my gun is to 
kill you.  So what solution would you apply to THIS problem, then?  Bring 
back Prohibition?  Wrap cars in 4 feet of high-density foam and restrict 
them to no more than 30 kilometres per hour?  Hmmm...

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From: orion@unix.infoserve.net (Orion)
Subject: Re: Allan Rock sold you out. was: Illegal Guns
Date: 1995/12/21
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