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Tom Karches (karches@onramp.net) wrote:
: In article <3bd24h$sjn@fozzy.aud.alcatel.com>, Don Ashe
: <don_l_ashe@aud.alcatel.com> wrote:

: From the incidents that I hear about where people leave loaded guns laying
: aroud their house and the kids shoot themselves (or one of their friends),
: I think that some don't take gun safety very seriously and need to be
: reminded. Especially if they apply for a carry permit. If you know
: already, whats the big deal?  

I guess the question to ask is just how many such incidents you've
heard about.  I think, given the PR flacks at our favourite anti-gun
group, that you've probably heard all of them.  Now consider that
there are about 250 million guns in around 100 million households and
figure out what the risk factor is for that sort of situation.

: You obviously have your personal interpretation of the intent of the
: Constitution (and particularly the 2nd amendment). Lots of people do. It's
: why we have a Supreme Court to sort it all out.

Well, the operative point here is what the intent of the folks who
wrote it was.  I think that that's pretty clear, if you trouble
yourself to actually look at the things they wrote and the opinions
they expressed.

: The point is that some can't be trusted to carry a concealed weapon.
: Should everyone have them unconditionally just to make a point? 

It's not a 'right' if you get to pick and choose who exercises it via
some arcane and subjective set of criteria.

: Consequences are irrelevant to dead people.

Yes, they are.  Why won't you let people defend themselves?

-- 
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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