Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Handguns. Message-ID: <1371@dciem.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 20:05:14 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.1371 Posted: Fri Feb 8 20:05:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 01:06:33 EST References: <2974@allegra.UUCP> <1912@sun.uucp>Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 25 Summary: >In Britain the ownership of a TELEVISION set is strictly > controlled. > Where on earth did you get THAT idea? Not in Britain, for sure. Perhaps you are thinking of the licence fee, hmmm? >I don't want the government controlling what I can and can't > own. Someday, Uncle Sam or the government of whatever > township YOU live in will pass a law outlawing something YOU > own, THEN perhaps you'll gain a better insight into the > firearms issue. I suppose it's asking too much to expect relevance in net.flame, but even it the TV libel were true, how would it bear on whether murder weapons should be outlawed? And how would that relate to the general trend of the handgun discussion? No-one wants the government controlling what they can and can't own (heroin addicts, gun cranks, ...), but some societies think that a little restriction is better than a lot of grief. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsrgv!dciem!mmt