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

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From: Orion
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 00:00

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Colin R. Leech (ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:

: Barry Glasgow (glasgow@bnr.ca) writes:
: > I would suggest that people who really want something done about  
: > gun crime tell Mr. Rock to stuff his phony registration system

: We register cars, we register babies, hell: many cities even register
: cats. Surely it's not too much to ask that lethal weapons be registered?
: Sheesh.


  We register cars as a revenue-generating tool.  We register babies, 
marriages and other things as part of our social safety net, and we 
register animals as a way of holding their owners accountable for their 
actions (unlike guns, which never go wandering off on their own 
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.

  (we call this "innocent until proven guilty"...sound familiar?)


  This is one of the most feeble of the anti-gun arguments; I'm surprised 
that anyone still has the nerve to even resurrect it, frankly.  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...

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From: orion@unix.infoserve.net (Orion)
Subject: Re: Allan Rock sold you out. was: Illegal Guns
Date: 1995/12/17
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