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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Re: another twist on the gun issue
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Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 17:33:46 EST
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> 	     REPRINTED FROM AN EARLIER BROADCAST:
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> The real flap over gun control is that EVERY TIME WEAPONS HAVE BEEN
> REGISTERED, GOVERMENT HAS EVENTUALLY CONFISCATED THE WEAPONS.  Democracy is
> a delicate thing - and the political party you agree with may not be the
> party in power when the confiscation begins.  I'd be a very unhappy German
> if I were a registered gun owner when Hitler came into power.  "Good" done
> for "bad" motives has a way of spoiling on the shelf.
> 
 
The basic premise of this article is simply wrong.  England, Japan, and
almost all developed countries in the "civilized" world have some form of
gun control.  Yet these countries also have a thriving democracy.
The idea that one could seriously challenge a government with tanks
and nuclear bombs by opposing that government with popguns is simply ludicrous.
Governments can be changed despite these impediments when the people
in the government itself no longer support it.
          tim sevener   whuxl!orb