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Barry Glasgow wrote:
> 
> In article <30D32472.7B7420B@mindlink.bc.ca>, John Timmers <john_timmers@mindlink.bc.ca> writes:
> |> Tom Cohoe wrote:
> |> >
> |> > In message G5@freenet.carleton.ca> <4as2j6$8b5@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> - ag414@FreeNet
> |> > Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) writes:
> |> > :>
> |> > :>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.
> |> > :>
> |> >
> |> > Sounds like nothing eh.  What if we just don't happen to trust authority?
> |> > What if I wish to retain a vestige of the illusion that I'm free?  What if I
> |>
> |> (...diatribe deleted...)
> |>
> |> > Do you want to talk to me, convince me I should trust the shallow, shallow
> |> > leaders of Canada?  Then stop giving me the stupid "We register dogs and cars" line and start _understanding_ where we come from.
> |>
> |> You forgot to mention that it is also the law to register amateur radios, and
> |> also necessary to get a license to operate one -- and has been the law for more
> |> than fifty years.  So whats the big deal ?  I don't hear anybody spouting off
> |> about infringing upon the rights of amateur radio operators; why not ?  Just
> |> register your gun and shut up.
> 
> No.   YOU shut up.
> How many times do you have to register your ham radio ?  (Not at all)
> Do you register every radio you buy ?
> Do you have to sign statements that you are not going through problems
> in your relationship or failure in business or school when you get
> a ham license ?
> Do you need a special permit every time you move your ham-equipped car
> from one place to the other ?
> DO they come into your house every so often to check your wattage ?
> 
> Your license is good for life and you only pay if you want to transmit.
> 
> 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.
> 
> You are a hopeless dependant.
> 
> 
> |> I would prefer to be a serf or peasant who doesn't have to worry about some
> |> idiot grabbing a gun and perforating me with bullets.
> 
> If you worry about such things, then it is you who is the idiot.
> 
> Barry
> 
> My own opinion, no one else's

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?

regards...john
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